Born Ready
Language: English
Coming of Age Completed Emotional Baggage Eventual Happy Ending Falling In Love Getting to Know Each Other Mike Wynn Military Mutual Pining POV Alternating growing up noted
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Published: Jan 5, 2018
| 272 | 10/2/2023 13:43:40 |
Sometimes there are people out in the water with them and they just ride, just like always, nothing different than the last however many years they’ve been doing this. And sometimes the waves aren’t that great, and the beach is deserted and it feels like they’re all alone in the world, and they float out in the water, half on and half off their boards, legs and arms tangled, skin on skin. They watch the sun lift itself up out of the ocean, and suck the salty water off each other’s shoulders and necks and mouths, and jerk each other off into the cold morning sea, and laugh like they’re getting away with something, like they invented this, like they’re the only people in the world who know what it’s like.
| 1994 | 10/2/2023 17:14:37 |
They joke about the homoeroticism of the Marine Corps, but the way Brad sees it, Marines are all card-carrying members of the cult of masculinity, and they all worship at the altar of the biggest dick.
Description:
In 1992, while the other cadets are busy creaming themselves over finally getting to wear their Senior Whites, all Brad can think is that he looks like he’s in the goddamn Navy. He may only be 18 years old, but he already knows he’s never, ever going to be in the fucking Navy. Brad’s going to be a Marine. One of the few, the proud.
In 1997, Nate knows he’s only been in love once, and it wasn’t with any of his girlfriends. He's 20 years old, but he’s old enough to know what that means, and he figures it’s time to start facing it.
In 2002, Brad would never in a million years have imagined he’d be standing in his CO’s office, past five on a Friday, hoping to stick around longer and shoot the shit instead of hoping to avoid conversation and get the fuck out of there asap.
In 2007, Nate’s got a 2 year plan, and a 5 year plan, and a 10 year plan. Plan A always optimistically assumes he and Brad finally get past this game of emotional chicken they’ve been playing for the last several years, but Nate is a pragmatist at heart, so there’s also a Plan B, with contingencies for what happens if they don’t.
i.e., 20 years worth of The Making of Brad and Nate.