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Title: straight on til morning
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: R
Word Count: 29,344
Characters/Pairing: Ack Ack/Hillbilly
Summary: In 1936, Edward Jones attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter AU
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters--they are based off of the actors' portrayals of characters in HBO's The Pacific, not the real people themselves. Absolutely no disrespect is intended.
Author's Note: I have this tendency where I think "oh hey, that's a cool idea, I think I'll write 2k words about it before returning to the things I should actually be doing!" and end up vomiting 30k words into a word document. But considering this has happened twice now for Ack Ack and Hillbilly, I'm honestly not sure if it's just me or the sheer perfection of these two characters. This fic is entirely the fault of [profile] chargasm--if she hadn't encouraged me to take a second look at it, it definitely wouldn't have been written. <333 This fic also wouldn't have been possible without [profile] softshinythings who graciously allowed me to keyboardsmash at her throughout the painful week that it took me to write this. I have no idea how many times I whined about how much story there was to write. Massive amounts of love to [personal profile] skew_whiff and [profile] skylilies for all of their support. <3 This was written for Team Pacific in HBO War-A-Thon.

'This is right, isn’t it?' his mum asks, looking up at the column, 'What did the innkeeper say again?' )
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Title: he says
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,002
Characters/Pairing: Sledge/Snafu
Summary: The dim light of the naked bulb never wakes him and he never cries out in his sleep because you want him to be happy. There are enough demons in this apartment.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters--they are based off of the actors' portrayals of characters in HBO's The Pacific, not the real people themselves. Absolutely no disrespect is intended.
Author's Note: For Team Pacific in HBO War-A-Thon.

When the war is over you take Eugene home with you. )
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Title: and found
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: R
Characters/Pairing: Ack Ack/Hillbilly
Summary: He hadn’t been afraid of death once. He would have faced down a thousand mortars once.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters--they are based off of the actors' portrayals of characters in HBO's The Pacific, not the real people themselves.
Author's Note: I think I made this amazing prompt much sadder than it was meant to be and I apologize in advance for that… A million thanks to [info]skylilies for being patient while I had difficulties with my writing. <333
A mixtape accompanying this fic can be found here

The sink rattles and expels a puff of air before a steady stream of water appears. )
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Title: Illusion
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,370
Characters/Pairing: Ack Ack/Hillbilly
Summary: Just him, and what would never be. A coda to a bullet down, from Eddie's POV.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters--they are based off of the actors' portrayals of characters in HBO's The Pacific, not the real people themselves.
Author's Note: So I was going through my fandom folders and realized that I had never posted this particular fic even though I wrote it last summer. My style has definitely changed somewhat since that time but I still find this acceptable enough to post. :) It's a bit PWP-ish and a little heavy on the angst. Not sure if it's absolutely necessary to read the original piece (beyond realizing that it's a modern AU) but it would definitely place it in better context!

He’s forgotten her name—maybe it starts with an M and drags out in long syllables that his alcohol-addled tongue can’t pronounce properly )
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Title: A Bullet Down
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: R
Word Count: 26,905
Characters/Pairing: Ack Ack/Hillbilly
Summary: “I think we’re too good for it to be a coincidence,” Andrew finally answers, “I think someone is intentionally planting faulty intel.” Organized Crime AU.
Written: post-episode 10
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters--they are based off of the actors' portrayals of characters in HBO's The Pacific, not the real people themselves. Absolutely no disrespect is intended.
Author's Note: SO. Funny story, this piece was intended to be a short 2k word piece at maximum. And then ummm, somehow it evolved into ~27k words of ridiculous AU? This fic wouldn't have been possible without several people. [profile] spirograph and [personal profile] uniformly put up with me whining about this fic for the entire month it took me to write this and helped push me through crucial plot points as well as being HUGE ENABLERS IN GENERAL. Also, this fic would have been a million times more unintelligible if not for the amazing beta work of [profile] jeanquirieplus! I've stared at this thing for like WAY TOO LONG and she just CLEANED EVERYTHING UP AND WAS AMAZING ABOUT IT. SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY OK. ♥♥♥

Based on this fic: Sammy made some incredible graphics - one, two, three, & four | Gorgeous fanart by Beren

The morning is bright with sunshine even though the temperature still remains at a relatively cool seventy-two. )