1 . Name: Anonymonster @ 2011-07-23 10:11

I finally caved into my whims and started writing fanfiction again. This thread will be a mixed bag of little nuggets ranging from fluff to porn, all revolving around Soldier and Engineer (I'm too lazy to maintain seperate threads so just deal with it) There may be some continuity between them but the writings will generally be stand alone. I welcome critique as I'm taking these as writing exercises, so don't hold back.

Now that, that's out of the way. Some straight up fluff. Porn coming up next. Pun not intended, just convenient.

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Why?

That's one question that never crossed Engineer's mind as he sat outside beneath the expansive night sky beside the flickering campfire.

He wasn't alone. Soldier was there, of course. And the two of them were joined by Soldier's old war buddies, Salty Pete, Iron-Eye, and Pepper Pot Pete. The fact that there were two Petes was a testament to Soldier's lack of creativity with names. It didn't really matter anyway as the names would get bastardized as the night went on due to faulty memory from far too many self-inflicted concussions courtesy of an entrenching tool.

A smile crept around the cup at Engineer's lips as he finished a cool sip of sweet tea from his thermos. The tea was about the only thing that wasn't fabicrated at this little party, and that was thanks to Engineer. Why would he go out of his way to make tea for a delusioned man and his imagined compatriots? While Engineer was a man of science, experience told him there's a time and place to ask questions. Soldier's false heroic tales of grandeur and glory, punctuated by entertaining gestures and sound effects, were not one of those times to ask questions. It would get you nowhere real quick. He reckoned they were never supposed to make sense anyhow.

"Sounds like you boys had quite an adventure," Engineer spoke up after Soldier had finished his thought.

"You should've been there, Engie!" Soldier turned away from his cardboard audience to address the only other living soul out in that silent desert. "We mowed those Nazi scum left and right! By the end of it the pile of their worthless bodies was BIGGER than the hill we were defending!"

"I'm sure it was quite the sight t' see." There wasn't a trace of sarcasm in his tone, even if the Soldier couldn't detect sarcasm if it were a broad side of a barn. "Y'all did yer country proud."

And there it was. That wide grin spread across the visible portion of the Soldier's face, highlighted by both the cool moonlight and the warm flames. On the battlefield, that grin was a frightening sign of imminent end. Out there in the desert beneath the stars, it was a much softer, rare glimpse into the man behind the madness. A reminder that the man was capable of something other than pure blood lust and rage.

It wasn't much, but it was just enough. Enough for a sensible man to follow raving lunatic out into the middle of nowhere in the company of cardboard cut-outs to have a tea party.

Engineer figured that was reason enough.