#and I don’t like sniperspy

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Ship tier list lmao

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Redraw of a DTIYS entry I did for @greasby on insta forever ago hai haiaiis

why is there so much awkward space with this croppifn i’m too lazy to fix zzz

photo for reference (the whole dtiys was just to find a vintage queer photo n redraw it as a tf2 ship :•3 WAS FUN ASF)

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Chillin’

Aka I listened to toby fox’s roast chicken song on loop because I’m normal and then I experienced a Thought :)

(Just in case click for better quality.. tumblr loves to butcher my posts)

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INCREDIBLY SUGGESTIVE POST BTW. POSSIBLY NSFW. I WOULD CONSIDER THE SONG NSFW.

I saw art of Sniper x Spy doing the tango on Pinterest and thought of this song.

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Stinky old man bonding exercise

[lyricalt]

[tf2] stealing a plane

For fic_promptly's theme, which is delightfully [ CRIME ]. Prompt: stealing Rating: G Ship: sniperspy Note: haha, i've always wondered how Spy knew about Sniper knowing how to steal AND fly a plane from the comic. He must've had a previous experience. :')

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When their getaway truck suddenly goes up in flames, Spy begins to seriously reconsider his stance on taking up non-solo missions outside his usual day job at RED. He really isn’t meant for teaming up so closely like this. Not in his spare time. No matter how good the money or the company. 

Spy reaches into his pocket for a cigarette, but it seems to be the theme of the day that he comes up short. He inhales, folds his arms, and deliberates how good his Italian leather shoes are for traversing the rocky hills of—his mind immediately redacts that minor detail, for his ego’s sake. What a fucking mess. 

“I believe the nearest town is thirty kilometers west,” Spy says, still staring out at the half-empty airfield. 

Good company happens to come in the form of Sniper hauling an assortment of stolen items in a duffle bag. Spy had caught him snatching trinkets and other useless items from several offices and bodies during their two-man assault. There should be plenty of other things to loot from the mercenary base but Spy can’t find himself to be too critical when Sniper tosses him a carton of cigarettes. 

Spy lights up using the exploded truck. At the first hit of nicotine, his optimism about the situation improves by a tiny bit. Besides, anything worth stealing is likely too heavy to carry. If Spy can make it out with a pack of cigarettes and enough will power to collect his payment by the end of the day then he should be grateful.

Sniper looks to be in good spirits despite the lack of transportation. Of course, his boots are meant for hiking. He gives Spy a sidelong glance before he continues walking towards the runway.

“Well, shame about the truck,” Sniper says then points to one of the mercenary planes, “Guess we’ll have to try out them birds over there.”

At first, Spy doesn’t understand what Sniper means. He looks to see where Sniper is pointing. “Don’t be ridiculous. That can’t fit in your bag.”

Sniper ignores him, breaking into a light jog to get a closer look at one of the fighter jets. Spy has no choice but to follow after him. They inspect the fighter jet together—Spy, of course, has no idea what they’re looking for, but when Sniper’s face brightens by a fraction, Spy stops mid-drag.

“Ah. A Dassault Mirage…” Sniper trails off, unsure. He pats the underbelly of the jet. For some reason, he glances at Spy for some clarification.

Similarly, Spy is feeling conflicted about Sniper knowing French military aircraft details, but he’s also familiar with them. At least enough to recognize the more modern designs. “...Cinq.”

“Five! That’s right,” Sniper says, satisfied, and hands Spy the duffle bag so that he can scramble up the wing of the Dassault Mirage.

Spy slowly turns his head to look up at Sniper. “You can fly that? Why didn’t I know this?”

“Erm, I suppose I can try the Druine over there, but I ain’t too familiar with the controls,” Sniper explains, badly. There’s the sound of kicking. Spy can only assume Sniper is trying to open the cockpit using the typical Australian technique of brute force.

“No. I mean—you’re a pilot?” Spy gives the duffle bag a small frown of distaste. There’s a bobble head figurine peeking out from one of the pockets. He readjusts his grip in a temporary underhand hold that would imply that he isn’t going to be responsible for it. The bag is wretchedly heavy. It feels like Sniper had looted several tomes rather than office supplies.

Sniper lets out a short laugh. “Pilot? Nah, not by a longshot. I can fly as well as I can work one of Heavy’s miniguns.”

“And what does that mean exactly?”

“Meaning I get the general concept. Load, aim, pull trigger. Flip some switches, wiggle the joystick, take off.”

“Ah, so no better than what I can do,” Spy says dryly.

“Nuh-uh. I’ve actually flown,” Sniper says, peering down at Spy with a grin. “And we’re in luck. It’s a Mirage 5D. Two seater.”

“What a shame. I was hoping to ride in your lap.”

“Nah. I’d have to ride in yours,” Sniper says, making grabby hands for the duffle bag. “Can’t reach the controls with you in the way.”

Spy scoffs but pushes the duffle bag up for Sniper to take. A second later, Sniper’s hand reaches out for Spy.

“Dashed your dreams of joining the mile high club, eh?” Sniper asks with a knowing glint in his eye.

Spy takes Sniper’s hand. “I would like to clarify that my card to that particular club has already been stamped. Multiple times.”

“Yowch,” Sniper replies, hauling Spy up on the wing with a little too much strength. ”Well, I ain’t got a club card. You’re gonna have to invite me later, yeah?”

Spy bumps against his chest, and Sniper wraps an arm around his waist to steady him. Quite unnecessary, but Spy allows it before they both climb into the cockpit; Sniper up front and him in the back. Much to his annoyance, the duffle bag of stolen goods gets placed in his lap. Spy would’ve started complaining, but Sniper begins to flip some switches and press some buttons with a casual air, and Spy feels benevolent enough to shut his mouth as they take off. 

Against all odds, getting up in the air goes smoothly. Spy’s ears pop from the change in elevation. He loosens his deathgrip on the duffle bag once Sniper takes them to what must be cruising altitude.

“Bonza,” says Sniper, sounding pleased. The jet shudders on an updraft, but he nudges the wing back in place. “You good? You went awfully quiet during take-off.”

“I was mentally reciting some prayers,” Spy says, shaking out of his impromptu memory suppression exercise. “But I’m finished now.”

“Great,” Sniper says. He gestures to the control panel on Spy’s side. “Mind seeing if there’s a manual in the glove compartment? Take off’s easy. It’s the landing bits I ain’t too sure of.”

Understandably, Spy’s confidence in surviving this entire ordeal plummets down to rock bottom. His silence might have given Sniper a hint of his mood—Sniper lets out a sigh. 

“Kidding about the glove compartment,” he says. “Was actually hoping I can fly us to the base at Badlands, crash land, and die terribly in the explosion. Then we’ll respawn, good as new.” 

Spy puts his face into his hands. “This barely makes the cutoff of what I would consider an acceptable plan.”

“How ‘bout I crashed right into the BLU’s base for a laugh? Would that be better?”

Spy lifts his head. “Actually, yes.” After a moment, he puts his head back into his palms. “Actually, no.” 

Sniper huffs. “Oh. Don’t tell me it’s against company policy.”

“Wide spread blunt force trauma with a stolen foreign aircraft is, likely, an unsanctioned act of aggression.” 

“That’s silly. I don’t see the bloody difference between killing a man with a gun or killing ‘em with a plane. Dead is dead—and hey. I hear rustling back there. You tryin’ to steal my loot?”

Spy has the duffle bag open in hopes that Sniper had somehow stolen a parachute. Instead, his hands hit stacks of binders, booklets, and office knick-knacks, including three staplers for some reason.

“You took their intelligence?” Spy asks, staring down at the crumpled papers.

“I’m guessing I did? I know that wasn’t one of our objectives but I figured I might as well. S’all in French anyway. Can’t read ‘em.”

Spy pulls out a booklet. It reads, Comment Piloter un Dassault Mirage Cinq D. He shuts his eyes, unable to form words for several long moments.

The plane lurches as Sniper turns around to look over his shoulder at Spy. He eyes the manual, eyebrows raising.

“Was that in the glove compartment? Why didn’t you say so?”

Spy deftly jumps out of another memory-suppression exercise. He opens the manual. It even has little diagrams of the fighter jet.

“Do you want me to read all this?” he asks.

“Nah. Skip to the bit about landing.”

“Of course,” Spy says, thumbing to the correct page. “The first instruction is to not crash.”

“Not even into the BLU’s base?”

“Not even.”

[carboncat0]

some sniperspy headcannon because im obsessed and don’t have time to draw

!!!pretty long and has suggestive content at the end!!!

other than the ones i wrote in my other headcannon post:

- as a man specialized in close combat, spy has a sleeper build

- due to his age, spy doesn’t eat a lot of food; sniper also doesn’t eat a lot, but it’s because he’s sniping and just forgot to eat

- sniper has nice shoulders, arms and back, but not many muscles on other areas

- also, sniper’s lower back is completely fucked, cause he’ll sit or stand for hours on end

- sniper’s teeth are slightly crooked, the two on either sides of the front teeth are behind his bottom row, which makes the front teeth and canines really obvious when he smiles

- sniper think he’s attractive, but he doesn’t KNOW he’s attractive, he doesn’t understand what makes him attractive, and that pissed spy off

- sniper and spy understand each other because they are both professionals, but hates each other because they think the other is unprofessional

- all mercs wears an earpiece during battle for call outs, sniper often forgot to mute his mic, spy once complained that sniper’s mumbles are really “distracting,” but refused to elaborate

- spy knows his limit to alcohol and when to stop, sniper doesn’t, so even though sniper is better at tolerance alcohol, he’s usually the one blackout drunk

- later in their relationship, spy will use himself as bait and lead the most threatening enemy to sniper’s sightline for an easy headshot, and spy is safe to clean up everybody else

- spy is quite flexible, while sniper is really stiff

- spy’s eyes are grayish blue, sniper’s are more towards green

- spy fell for him first, but sniper fell harder

- spy suggests wearing sunscreen every morning, but sniper thinks it’s too much work, so he never did

- sniper couldn’t handle cold well, once temperature dropped, he’ll wear a lot of clothing to prevent shaky hands, knowing this spy gifted him a pair of leather gloves

- spy’s love language is quality time, sniper’s is receiving gifts

- spy has a hard time verbalizing his affection towards sniper, sniper is more direct with it, but only in private

- sniper likes watching spy doing tricks with his butterfly knife and zoning out

- enemies to friends to situationship to lovers, because i said so

- but also i think their relationship involves a lot of lust and desires

!!!below will be some nsfw stuff!!!

- spy has strong oral fixation, when they making out and him without his cig, he’ll be kissing/biting/sucking

- sniper is a bit awkward in bed and fairly quite but not shy, if you know what i mean

- dirty talks makes sniper laugh, but spy likes the chuckles

- sniper doesn’t mind being tied up, it makes him more comfortable, because he no longer needs to awkwardly choose where his hands should be

- sniper likes spy’s hand, with or without gloves(spy’s hands are covered in scars, and sniper likes how rough it feels on his skin)

with all these can’t you see im a top!spy/bottom!sniper enjoyer? pretty crazy huh

[cloud-starlight]

Sniperspy in my mind (and partly in the comics) have this solidarity of being complete Loners in comparison to their team. I see this kind of compatibility with them where they can finally have someone with the same “get it done efficiently” mindset that a lot of the other mercs don’t have or have less of.

The ISTJ INTJ solidarity is real and they encompass it perfectly. Spy is like *this guy is so weird and has no class but I can totally get behind his dedication to efficiency* and Sniper is like *this guy is frivolous and attention-grabbing but he is an expert at keeping his emotional distance* and like. they are both attracted to eachother because of that. they have finally found this other person who they can see themselves in.

but then they have the problem of no attachments. but… what happens when theres nothing about the persons character/personality you disagree with? sure there are differences in lifestyle but it’s not too drastic. Sure Sniper likes hunting while Spy would prefer looking through clothes magazines, but there’s no difference in moral lifestyle. It’s like, theres finally someone they can both let their guard down around because neither of their guards *actually* go down. They’ll still be alert, no matter the situation.

so, they go on a few couple road-trips around the west coast/midwest. they find ease around eachother, they have similar views, they can make fun of the same people, and they can find an escape from their jobs.

Then, here comes the problem for Spy. Keeping yourself detached has always been a typical strategy for spies, but does it really apply to everyone? Theres this dedication to keeping yourself a shrouded mystery, because no matter how earnest someone says they are when keeping secrets-you can never completely tell. And hes always had this way in relationships (romantic or platonic) where he’s with someone, then he cuts it off. no questions answered, no calls taken, no letters returned to sender. He’s gone. It’s the way of things as a spy, right? The job is done, the relationships are done. But, is this a dance he’s going to be wanting to do until he dies? Theres only so much time in a man’s life. (and a smoking one at that, but i digress)

He likes fancy clothes, he likes chance, he likes problem-solving, and he likes planning. He likes it so much that he’s willing to put his own life in the hands of his own mind, and his abilty to act on instinct.

Now, with this new indefinite contract where he battles alongside 8 other men in various locations across the globe in a decade old fued between two brothers, he wonders if he’ll even need to *cut the ties* of this job/era in his life.

he has one of the most innovative and smartest doctors at his dispense to heal any disease or wounds he has, he has good pay, and freedom to be his own person *in the most mysterious way possible* and he gets to boss around and insult his coworkers with no repercussions from the employer. He lives in a constant state of planning against his own clone! (which he believes to be the best candidate to fight against)

So when this like-minded wilderness man comes to save him from his social boredom, should he stop himself from forming an attachment? It’s only human after all, emotional bonds are a pillar in human nature. But, is it worth it to give into something he hasn’t been with for at least 20 years just because he *thinks* he won’t have any other job? He truly believes, if he does allow himself to have strong emotional connection with Sniper, he may never be able to cut the tie, he’ll get too attached.

Now, for Sniper, there’s this dilemma where he’s never had a relashionship to cut off. His parents passed pretty recently, and he’s feeling lonely! How are you supposed to brush off the feeling that you could have a genuine connection with someone like you? Maybe… just keep up the battlefield rivalry and keep getting pissed at this annoying invisible guy who keeps ruining your shots by stabbing you in the back, but then, theres this belief that he’ll always be there to mess up your plans, and that is still a sense of security. How is it that Sniper should have no connections strong enough to deter him from planning to kill them, but still mentally function as a person?

In my mind, Sniper and Spy found eachother at the perfect spot for connection, they are both starting to question their own needs, even if it’s in different ways. Sniper lost something, and Spy hasn’t had something for a long time, but is just now questioning it.

It’s a scary dance for both of them, of course, but it’s not a dance to easily keep yourself from doing. It’s the most emotionally invested either of them have been in a romantic relationship, so how you just end it? how do you just say “no, no more.” and then see the person you know you love on the battlefield and not say anything?

[paninicupcakke]

POV: SniperSpy quarreling

(what’s new???) NSFW

Sniper: Do you actually wanna fight right now!? I brought a knife, don’t even try me!

*whips out his Kukri*

Spy: Yeah right, what’re you gonna do with that?

Sniper: Stab you and watch the skeet pour out of ya.

Spy: Not if I choke you first.

Sniper: I’ll spit in your face!

Spy: I’LL SPIT IN YOUR MOUTH!

Sniper: I’LL LIKE IT !!!

*all the other mercs gasp dramatically* !?!?! 😦🫢

*they are both very close to each other now*

Spy: …Will you spit in mine back?

Sniper: I’ll bite your bottom lip and make you fucking bleed.

Spy: Promise to kiss me after?…

Demo: Let’s get the fuck outta here before they start humpin’ each other!!!

(Class of 09 quote I stole for this it seemed fitting lol)

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2024 Annual Fic Review

Guess who's back, baby!! Wrote a lot this year and I'm pretty happy about it. Anyway, I did a write up with the usual questions on my dw page HERE.

Or you can read it below: (where tumblr has shot all my formatting through the head, so dw is preferred)

Destiny (1)

Seven on high - Andal/Cayde-6

Hornblower / Temeraire (1)

Off the Starboard Bow - Archie Kennedy/John Granby

barter

Team Fortress (23)

It’s all sniperspy, unless noted otherwise.

thrifty

All bite

No bark

ARMSTOPPER - Engineer/Spy

Critical Provocation

Happy Hour

hindsight

positive reinforcement

Tell You Everything

Conflict Resolution

Get This Feeling, Feel This Static - Engineer/Medic, Sniper/Spy

Last Stage Fashionalism - rule 63-verse

Part 2

Part 3

Various Ficlets/Prompts:

Gun Maintenance

Fluffy

Domestic

Yuri

hypnotic

ostentatious

Idle

Post comic 7 ficlet

just might come crashing

Top Gun (2)

Been Told

rings around

I’m in the not so unique position of where I wrote at least 4 of the fics at least 75% of the way done 13-15 years ago, which is a huge chunk of words. I would estimate 12k written over a decade ago. The Top Gun fics were leftover WIPS from last year. Minus 20k words in total? So more like 71k. Which. Still a massive amount for me.

Total number of completed stories: 26

Total word count: 91,005

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted?

I published 1 fic last year and it took all I had in me. But, privately, I wrote a bunch of OC stuff. I definitely blew myself out the water this year. I don’t think I’ve ever had that much output in a loooong time.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?

Bruh. Team Fortress 2 after 14 years of moving on. I’m still fervently shipping sniperspy—and I’ve always been a same fraction girlie. Not much has changed with how I think of them but now that I am older and wiser and better at pwp… I know they’re both bottoms. I know it in my heart. I think the me from 14 years ago would be pretty pleased that I can now write decent pwp (or I just don’t care to be self conscious about it anymore).

What’s your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?

lol, I love all bite to pieces. It was fun to write! Truly joyous. I answered this question on a tumblr meme so here’s the answer:

I was on an absolute mission with that one. Knew what I wanted, from top to bottom. Wrote it VERY fast. I love how it flows; it’s easy to read, easy to understand the dynamic. (At least, for me.) Sniper bottoms. Spy bottoms. They’re both extremely clear with what they want, and aren’t, like, blushy-shy about it. There’s a lot of characterizations I crammed in as well and, tbh, the jokes still make me chuckle. (Awoo, biscuit, and LET’S TEST THIS PUPPY OUT, being the top three.) That fic was all for me, HAHA!!

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?

I wouldn’t say it was a risk… but I feel like I really showed my ass with just might come crashing. I think it’s an indulgent fic, which is not inherently bad, but I wasn’t going to post it. It started as a collection of somewhat melodramatic scenes that I didn’t plan to make cohesive, didn’t make a plot other than “they go up to the mountains and don’t even hang out with each other for the majority of it”. I drew a lot of scenery inspiration from my own mountain trips.

Admittedly, I don’t much like reading “I Love You” confessions in fic, especially during sex. I wanted to play around with what I would consider…. a neat confession, of sorts. Mind you, this is only the tip of the iceberg with that fic.

Oh, and something I learned from all that… I truly believed this was written pretty poorly for an audience (that wasn’t me!). I didn’t think it would get compliments, like, at all. LOL. Imagine my surprise by all the nice things people took the time to say, haha. So thank you to everyone who did take the time.

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?

Nah. Just keep chugging along, I guess. I wanna finish foresight, and I wanna write more not-so-sub-but-yeah-he-likes-it!sniper. u_u

My best story of this year

Ooh, a toss up between ARMSTOPPER and hindsight. Unfortunately, my thoughts on hindsight have kinda been tainted by the follow up I’m trying to push though so I think hindsight is a bit of a pain in the ass atm, but ARMSTOPPER also had that same kind of suffering. ARMSTOPPER made me take the biggest victory lap, while I reread hindsight more often just because I do like it a lot.... both of them have Spy suffering so maybe that's the real entertainment for me.

My most popular story

Critical Provocation has a baffling amount of hits to me. Well. Not baffling. But it sure is funny. Thrifty actually has the most kudos as of now, but not by much, and it was written earlier in the year.

Critical Provocation was something I knocked out in, like, two days. Because I saw a funny tumblr shitpost, and also I was determined to write Sniper as a bottom, but not… like… being shy about it? I’m not super into extremely shy-blushy-mewling sexually inexperienced bottoms, especially with Sniper. idk, I think Sniper would really put on a gameface about it. Then I think it’s a really cute narrative payoff when he does break. That’s just my two cents. Anyway critprov was fun to write. I’m glad people enjoy it. perhaps the people also long for confident bottom!sniper..... :/c

Story of mine most under-appreciated, in my opinion

Oughoguh it’s not anyone’s fault but Off the Starboard Bow is another one that I’m super proud of but it combines two very niche Age of Sail fandoms that are quite…………….. quite old. I think it’s nicely written, fun, and true to voice. I miss writing for Temeraire. Granby is also a fun character to write for. Things are always happening to him, all of the time. He should be able to suck dick in peace. Archie also deserves to get his dick sucked. rip archie kennedy you would have loved to be granby's normcore boyfriend.

Most fun story to write

I’ve said this with all bite already so my second choice would be Happy Hour, which I sorta wrote buzzed on martinis and melatonin during an 18 hour flight to South Korea, where I didn’t sleep for 48 hours (had to take a third flight to Jeju). It was the only thing keeping me sane on that wretched plane. I had a woman digging her feet into my thighs so ironically when I do reread the fic, Spy going apeshit on the other spies was just me channeling the same violence, and I think of that unhinged plane lady often.

Editing that fic was wild, let me tell you. There’s so many post-dinner minific parts because I wrote the concept of them on the plane. I wish I saved a screencap of an early draft. Utterly incomprehensible.

Most Sexy Story

Thrifty? I’m not sure on this one. I wrote a lot of oneshot PWPs and all of them have sexy scenes, but I think thrifty hits that spot of having adequate build up throughout the fic, with all the flirting and whatnot, and like.. the payoff sex scene, which I think it is very cute to write sniperspy being super into each other and not so fussy with the physicality of it all (just the emotional). Spy especially putting himself in a less dominant position but still being in control is fun.

Oh. I just remembered gun maintenance as well. Conceptually, that was pretty hot. (gun puns....) Non-explicit build up is what I enjoy writing a lot.

Story with the single sexiest moment

positive reinforcement. Another fic inspired by a tumblr shitpost but

Sniper leaps from his chair, grabbing Spy by the face, thumb and forefinger circling over Spy’s mouth to shut him up. Spy jumps, surprised into reaching for Sniper’s wrists, but it’s been a while since Sniper touched him, and the burning stare is enough to make him freeze in place. Sniper gives Spy’s face a little shake for emphasis. He leans down, fingers digging into Spy’s skin through the mask. “Then. Figure. It. Out.”

lol. I love sub!sniper with all my heart but in those moments when I write him calling the shots, I do have fun with twisting the dom/sub dynamic around. I mean, what’s cuter than teaching your normally calculating attack dog the command to “go feral” on you? :’)

Most “holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you” story

Nah. All my fics are in the category of “I’m Not Surprised”. hindsight, in fact, was such a ME fic to write. No one should have been surprised about me writing this kind of time travel fic.

Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters

LMAO, I GUESS THE FIRST TF2 FIC I WROTE AFTER 14 YEARS? barter? I wrote it, got a bit dissatisfied with falling into “oh spy of course gets on his knees and sucks sniper's dick” trope and so I was like… I’m gonna turn the dom/sub dynamic around a bit. and wrote it twice?????? i don't claim to be reasonable. but i think i did make it clear that Spy was running the show the entire time.

Hardest story to write

ARMSTOPPER TOOK ME 14 YEARS TO PUBLISH. Prior to this year, I had not open the document since 2015 but the creation date was 2010. That file has survived three computer changes, all my years of uni, 10 years into my career. that's my teen child. i can get it a drivers permit.

On a more serious note, ARMSTOPPER’s unfinished state was due to a lot of high expectations from myself at the time, combined with me just drifting away from TF2 around 2015. I got into other fandoms! I also wasn’t a deft enough writer to fully pull off with what I thought I had to write. ARMSTOPPER was supposed to be long and plotty with a sex scene, confession, and courting. And I didn’t know how I wanted to end it at the time. And so it languished!

Years later, I opened it back up again and thought what I had written was still good. I’m not sure if it’s really noticeable, but there’s a distinct shift in writing in the middle of the fic where I simply continued where the early 20s me left off. I think towards the later half, it’s just a bit snappier and the narrative humor is sliiiightly different but I think I was able to emulate my older style of writing, which is a wild thing to say, haha.

I also had to pull out an unbelievable amount of meme jokes from the fic. There is a “Deal With It” falling sunglasses meme gesture Spy does at the very beginning and in my heart of hearts I knew I could not totally rewrite over it.

Most disappointing

(puts my hand on ur shoulder) Those Aren’t Posted.

But!! Honorable mention goes to rings around — where I forgot to write an entire scene (THE ENDING I PLANNED?!?) and posted the fic, panicked, and had to, at great speed, write that missing scene in. WHICH IS WAY THERE WAS A WEIRD TIME SHIFT EPILOGUE AOUGHGOGH MY GODDDDDDD. I wrote a different ending (with Carole), which I did not initially plan because I completely forgot my original ending (with Ice). Incredible work, by me. What a blunder. Other than that, I very much like rings around. It deals with my favorite time travel themes of guilt, longing, and a character looking into their future and just simply hating it because they end up being happy, LOL.

Easiest story to write

Critical Provocation. I saw the shitpost “griping and complaining on it” and a demon possessed me. I slapped that one down quick since I was looking for any excuse to write bottom!Sniper being on the inexperienced side but totally up for it. Wrote out the banter I wanted (WHICH SOME ENDED CUT, THEY WOULDN’T SHUT UP ENOUGH TO GET THEIR DICKS OUT..), and then the rest fell into place, thank god. It was a very Point A to Point B type of writing experience.

Fun bonus fact: I have mulled over a pillow-princess!Sniper follow up but I genuinely think I’d write it in such a way where it’d be more like restraint kink than being pampered. Idk, imagine they attempted it and found it lacking.

Biggest surprise

Bruh. TF2. all of them.

But, more seriously just might all come crashing, which I will get more into in the next question. I’m not surprised I wrote it, I’m just surprised I published it since I tend to not post stuff I find embarrassing, lol. That fic was really supposed to be for my own practice and entertainment.

So… what I mean to say is…… JMCC was written …… from the heart and … (grits teeth) very sincerely. Not that my other fics aren't sincere but. Like. This one was….. hrm …this was written with genuine affection and earnestness for the ship. And I truly didn't care to put in any more than what I wanted (hence the gaps). I don't think it's very polished, and the pacing is something I did not focus on. I’m a pretty confident writer, so to put something out there where I’m kinda like “lol, that was meant for me to read myself, not for others” is… eh. Kinda revealing, I guess.

Most unintentionally telling story

Right. Here we go. I’m gonna yap at length about just might come crashing. Because I feel like it’s a bit different from the other tf2 fics I put out there. Like I need to justify myself, lol.

I put a lot of boring themes in that one. Career burnout. Now’s-not-the-right-time romance. His-Happiness-Over-Yours. The importance of time away from something or someone you love (a job, a partner). Being perceived in what you think is the most cringiest way possible (gee..). I love dynamics that play with mutual attraction/awareness of feelings, but both participants actively choose to not go forward for whatever reason. It’s emotional purgatory, and that’s fun to me.

It’s my ideal, self-indulgent version of sniperspy; love as a responsibility you're taking on. Love being a cold little cabin you are caging yourself in, with all these monitors and trackers you aren't using. The one time you do, there's a huge truth being blurted out that you can't beny but you're also not surprised by it. And the only surprise Spy feels is his own deep, unrelenting happiness. He disassociates, compartmentalizes, because he knows he’ll choke on it.

All this, and he still lets Sniper go out for days, freely, despite being lonely, because Spy knows Sniper will come tapping against his window eventually. Sniper is an independent spirit, but he also knows the lengths Spy has gone, and that's also daunting—being invested in someone's happiness that might not be in line with your own. I think, in the end, they are two fundamentally different people that just happened to cross paths due to circumstance. If early on they had met other people more compatible.. I mean. I don't think they're each others' first choices. They both know it.

This isn't even addressing the mercenary careers they both have, and there's a high chance either one of them will find the other dead in a ditch eventually (in THEIR minds, at present). To them, being in love is a burden you take on so you make damn well sure it's worth it.

Then, I suppose after all the mutual pining’s been addressed, they’d deal with it in their typical mercenary way, by being absolutely ruthless with it. For them, being in love is a job, one you can also burnout of. These are two people who take joy, pride, and satisfaction from their careers. They are going to care a whole lot. So, you know, other than that being a completely deranged way of thinking, that’s just their take.

(I touch on this in hindsight, the time travel fic when Spy is having a moment and thinks about the work and effort of a relationship.)

Don’t get me wrong, JMCC is a hopeful romantic fic—but there’s a tragic undercurrent to it, lol. I don’t resolve the career burnout. I don’t have them confess directly. They don’t talk about it. I don’t go into the UFOs. I don’t even write an explicit sex scene. They don’t even see each other for the majority of their two weeks in the mountains. At the end, Spy comments on Sniper being intentionally hurtful. Is it mutual? Yes, it is.

Fourteen years ago I wrote all that matters, which I belatedly realize was kinda the prototype for this, the first iteration of that underlying sadness and the work that goes into maintaining a relationship. There's a bookmark comment on it by nik_knak, "Maybe it's just me, but I myself find it rather depressing, even in the end." Haha, they've nailed it even before I did. Funnily enough, it’s also from Spy’s POV; love as extra work you’re willing to take, and you’re just lucky to have that other person return it, and that you might be happy doing it.

So, yeah. That was a telling fic. The most unintentional part of it was me revealing that Spy is my little meow meow. My sweetie pie. My silly pookie. My dipshit clown dolly I like to continuously waterboard in an iced tub just to see him suffer while I put Sniper into the woodchipper but give him a nice mug of hot chocolate afterwards.

Story I’d like to revise

Brother, once them fics are up I don’t touch them. Unless to fix typos or sentence structure.

Story I didn’t write but will at some point, I swear

This will get me blacklisted but I think about a BLU Spy/BLU Scout with RED Spy/RED Sniper comedy hour fake dating situation a lot. Wherein BLU Scout attempts psychological warfare with his sperm donor, R!Spy, by pretending to date B!Spy, who goes along with it because it would be so fucking funny. R!Spy sees through their plan and doubles down, ALSO pretends that he’s SO HAPPY his SON has FOUND a GOOD GUY to DATE and he hOPeS THEy aRE soOoOoO hapPY tOGeTHer.

In the meanwhile, R!Sniper proceeds to reconsider his life choices. Relationships go down the pisser. RED and BLU teams implode. All because B!Scout and B!Spy are fucking and committed to the bit.

And that’ll be the fic.

Closing statements:

Never delete your WIPs. Never say die. If you're not feeling it, put it away. Maybe in 10 years you'll come back to writing and it'll be fun again. Maybe you'll love tf2 again.

Anyway. What a nutty year. I hope to continue the trend! I've got a few more fun sniperspy pwps to finish so I'm actually hoping the first fic for the New Year is either Sniper shaving Spy or being in a maid dress. Who could say. The man contains multitudes.

[thesilliestsniper]

What's YOUR thoughts on sniperspy ((not the same anon)) -🗑️🦝

I-I don’t know what to think anymore

spy’s an ass that’s all I know for sure.

(I really like sniperspy it’s one of favorites although all of the TF2 ships are fairly good besides spy X scout eww - Mod Robin)

[freaksnvans]

In your manlet post, you say that SniperScout and SniperSpy is your favorite ship, though one of them might have been a mistake. I thought your favorite ship was Trucks n Vans? Plus, you’ve stated later that you both don’t care for Scout and outright hate Spy. Did you have a change of heart since then?

I deeply apologize for my incongruency. I was indeed a former fan of Scout and/or Spy. I do not like them anymore. Being ashamed of that fact, I have tried to cover up my former love for the two, but it seems I slipped up in my first post. I meant to say "was." My favourite is in fact Trucks n' Vans. My favorite was SniperScout. I did indeed have a Change of heart. I apologize, Anon, for the confusion.

[devilshelter]

curious anon: how do you stay motivated for the daily-nsh blog? and i noticed you draw lilypad on the blog, any specific reasons you like it/headcanons you have? have a nice day, i love your art!

Thank you!! I’m very happy you like my content :>

I’ll be honest here, sometimes I regret making this blog, but drawing other’s nsh designs is what motivates me cuz I very love seeing reactions, how happy people are. That was also my motivation to draw all Lyss’ designs because I love them and I love seeing her happy.

Probably when blog got some followers I started noticing some people who regularly reblog every day and I must say that’s pretty wholesome. And there’s several people who helps me stay motivated.

About shipping: I never had in any fandom specific preferences in shipping. I have some no-no ships for me, concept I don’t like, but in general I ship characters if I find their dynamic cute/interesting. Some tf2 followers probably noticed that I like speeding bullet (sniperscout) and bloody suit (sniperspy) both. Also even if I’m drawing heavymedic more ofter I very like engiemedic as well. And engiespy!

The same with rain world. I like lilypad, I’m very attached to the idea that nsh loves her and sends Hunter because of that attachment. I’m seeing nsh as life appreciating character so that Moon’s comatose state is heartbreaking for them. But in the same time I very like slivermoon (I’m secretly calling this ship golden luna hehe). So yeah I’m not strictly lilypad shipper.

Unfortunately for lilypad fans slivermoon in my karma rot au is canon :’>

[lyricalt]

PK2025: 01. First Kiss

Pridekisses - Prompt List 2025

TF2 - same fraction sniperspy - rated: M

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You can tell a lot about a person from the way they approach a first kiss. Spy might have some assumptions about Sniper, but he’s experienced enough to not have any solid theories on what might happen. It can go either way—Sniper has a certain methodical air about him most of the time, but Spy can also account for the fact that Sniper is a bit of a brutish man, often out of polite society and well into the wilderness where kissing something might mean having your face bitten off.

And on that note…

Spy hasn’t actually thought extensively about Sniper kissing him. To be honest, most of Spy’s thoughts had been about fucking the man; where to fuck him, how to fuck him, and asking if he’d be even willing to fuck. Fortunately, after some circling and testing the waters, Sniper agrees, as casually as one might expect. Better than some spur of the moment ordeal while drunk, in any case.

They don’t kiss at all during their first tryst. Well, not in the traditional sense. Spy, being the one to have brought up the proposition, does the polite thing and sucks Sniper off first. Then, Sniper returns the favor. And on their next encounter, weeks later, it was only hands and some rutting, though Spy had pressed his face against Sniper’s shoulder as they both came.

Fine enough. But Spy can admit he has always been a man of slightly romantic inclinations and gestures. He can separate the two, otherwise he’d be no good at his job. The act of kissing physically excites him as much as a handjob, blowjob, or cock in the ass. Spy can always do without, but the play at intimacy is what gets him to have some real thrilling fun.

“... Oi, Spy. Got a question; am I boring you?” 

Spy’s mind snaps back to the present. He looks down.

Sniper is on his knees, mouth wet with spit and precome. He looks a bit annoyed, though Spy doesn’t see the problem; Spy is hard, and his cock is leaking appropriately. He clearly isn't bored. 

“I was only thinking,” Spy says. 

Sniper proceeds to look offended. He gives Spy’s erection a pointed tug, making it twitch. “Thinking about what? The quarterly payroll? C’mon, mate.”

“I haven’t said a word. You may continue,” Spy says, patting Sniper’s sweaty hair. His condescending touch makes Sniper blush a little, which is an interesting detail that Spy files away for later.

“That’s the bit—you haven’t said a word,” Sniper mutters.

“Oh! So you wanted a conversation,” Spy says, feigning guilt, “I apologize, I’ve been too preoccupied with having my cock in your mouth.” 

He hadn’t known it possible to mock a person while still complimenting their sexual oral skills while getting insulted about his own non-sexual oral skills, but Sniper seems to bring out the most preposterous situations. 

“You can give me some direction here, you know,” Sniper says, exasperated. 

“Well, I enjoy being kissed,” Spy says, since it’s fresh in his mind. It’s not every day he has the opportunity to give a simple and straightforward answer.

A look of surprise flashes across Sniper’s face. His eyes briefly go to Spy’s mouth, a small frown in the process of forming, but Sniper seems to reconsider his line of thought and instead leans forward to give Spy’s cock a perfunctory kiss along the sensitive underside.

Spy shivers from the unexpected contact, but he also wonders about the odds of Sniper storming out of the closet if he happens to let out a snort of laughter. He barely manages to choke it back.

“The mouth,” Spy clarifies. “I meant my…”

“I did use my mouth,” Sniper says, speaking over Spy, but apparently he was still half-listening. He stops again.

His lips part, most likely in surprise. Just as well, since Spy has always been an opportunist. He bends down and presses a firm kiss against Sniper’s mouth.

Sniper immediately puts his hand around Spy’s neck, drawing him in. “Ugh, bloody hell,” he mumbles against Spy’s mouth, and pushes his tongue between Spy’s teeth.

Spy shudders, a quiet moan escaping from his throat, even before Sniper reaches between his legs and jerks Spy off the rest of the way. All Spy can do is rock into Sniper’s hand, more shakily than he wants to admit to while Sniper determinedly kisses him through it.

And then, when he’s in a boneless and satisfied heap on the ground, Sniper prods the middle of Spy’s forehead, finger still slick and sticky. 

“Shoulda told me,” Sniper grumbles and kisses Spy again; this time, with a little more assurance and a lot more annoyance.

Like Spy has always thought—you can tell a lot about a person from a second kiss.

[ubercharge-the-sniper]

NEW PINNED POST LET’S FUCKING GOOOO

Hello!! Welcome to my TF2 sideblog!! My name is Roo, you can call me Ludwig or Wynn if you want tho, I like all of those. My pronouns are strictly he/him and I am 23 years of old

NO FUCKING TERFS/HOMOPHOBES/RACISTS/ZIONISTS/ZOOPHILES/ETC ON ANY OF MY BLOGS I WILL HUNT YOU FOR SPORT

This blog is not explicitly 18+, but please keep in mind I will occasionally reblog/post suggestive stuff with a #suggestive tag. Minors are welcome to engage with my SFW posts BUT PLEASE DO NOT ENGAGE WITH ANY SUGGESTIVE MATERIAL I HAVE POSTED

I’m neither proship nor antiship. I generally don’t care about what anyone ships WITHIN REASON- I will not tolerate any pedophilic/incestuous/etc ships. Disgusting

I may not ship a lot of things in TF2 (I’ll reblog things I think are cute), but I do ship SniperSpy. I understand that’s a discomfort for some people, so please keep that in mind if you want to follow me

I’m 100% ok if anyone wants to use my SFM posters as profile pictures!! All I ask is for credit somewhere, thank you!!

I draw!! I tag my art with #wynn art

My main blog is @straywyvern if you wanna see unrelated art and disorganized bullshit

Might edit this later might not lol bye

[ao3feed-tf2ships]

A Study in Cross-Faction

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48323539

by CaramelCheeseGay

uhhhh idk it's kind of in the tags... But this is basically a study on how crossfaction relationships can exist without having to drown in angst, featuring my 2 fav ships. I personally think they would have fun killing each other.

Words: 2975, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: Medic (Team Fortress 2), Scout (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Spy (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Medic/Scout (Team Fortress 2), Sniper/Spy (Team Fortress 2), BLU Medic/RED Scout (Team Fortress 2), BLU Spy/RED Sniper/RED Spy (Team Fortress 2), Scout & Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: mediscout - Freeform, Quick-Fix, Blunt Trauma, SniperSpy, Smoking Gun, Bloody Suit, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, it's sort of mediscout-centric but the sniperspy is DEFINITELY there, Engie appears for one second and soldier is mentioned, They don't do anything explicit but smoochy times are referenced, Violence warning cause they b stabbing, Canon-Typical Violence, there we go, Humor, Fluff and Humor, the day I write anything without tagging it as humor is the day I esplode I prommy, No Beta we die like Tom Jones, Character Study, turned into story tho sozzy

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48323539