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“Says the gambler”

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Masters of the Air (TV 2024) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Marvin "Red" Bowman/Neil "Chick" Harding Characters: Marvin "Red" Bowman, Neil "Chick" Harding, John Clarence "Bucky" Egan (mentioned), Gale "Buck" Cleven (mentioned), John B. "Jack" Kidd (mentioned), Harold Huglin Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Office Sex, bro idk what im doing, lowkey kinky, Authority Figures, Dom/sub Undertones, This is escalating, Beta Read, lowkey, idk how to tag, Did I Miss Anything?, theyre such a rare pair, Established Relationship, Secret Relationship Series: Part 8 of masters of the air Summary:

Chick didn’t say anything. He just stood at the door, looking at Red. His eyes were heavy, and his head was pounding. Maybe he should’ve drunk something else than his morning coffee today.

Red sighed and wiped a few stray hair strands out of his face. Usually his hair was neatly styled, but he was off duty already, so he didn’t care. He knew what Chick needed. Of course, he knew. Barely anyone spent as much time with the Colonel as he did.

He walked back to the window and shut the blinds. Then he turned around. He looked at Chick again. “Lock the door,” he––almost softly––instructed.

 or, red helps chick to blow off some steam (in his office)

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Rosie didn't want to make a big deal out of him flying his 50th mission, but there's absolutely no way that the other men on base would let the milestone go uncelebrated. And knowing this, Crosby took charge on organizing everything so that it wouldn't be anything entirely over the top for Rosie's sake yet still be enough of a celebration to satisfy the men. Cue Crosby putting together the musical arrangements, mostly composed of Rosie's favorites. Unfortunately it's January so Crosby is unable to incorporate any roses into the decor, but he's able to make these paper flowers out of scrap paper or smth that can pass as roses. Basically Crosby goes all out without actually going all out. But of course the real celebration doesn't start until he manages to get Rosie alone ;)

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When y/n does something so cringe that i have to look at the invisible camera for a sec.

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when y/n does something so bad/embarrassing you have to facepalm and close your eyes for a minute

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the way ive been both of these in the last few weeks.

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What if when Harry starts to feel too detached from his emotions he takes time trying to write down as many names of men who’ve gone down as he can until his hand starts cramping because he's terrified he’s going to forget them

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The scene in episode 9 where they’re announcing the surrender of the Germans over the Tannoy is so poignant to me, especially Crosby’s reaction when he’s alone at his desk . The warm office lighting contrasting against his cool blue shading is sooo powerful cinematically. And instead of feeling immediately overjoyed and ecstatic at the news of the war being over, I personally felt incredibly and inexplicably hollow. It’s just a criminally underrated scene that I think deserves more love and attention because of how it breaks my heart </3

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Soulmate AU where each have one half of a quote somewhere on their body. When Crosby's half of the quote appeared on his body he threw himself into literature in the hopes of finding its source and/or meaning. He studied literature in college because of the quote on his body, using all of the tools he learns to try and decipher and interpret the words a thousand different ways, desperate to truly understand their meaning.

Then the war comes along and Crosby feels the words metaphorically burning on his skin and just knows that this is what he’s got to do. He feels an immense amount of duty to serve, just like all the other men and women. Maybe it has something to do with flying, which is why Crosby and Rosie both go into the USAAF. Or maybe it has to do with justice, which fuels Rosie’s hatred for wrongful prosecution. It could be a quote from Crosby’s book too, it doesn’t have to be a quote by some philosopher or whoever.

I couldn’t help but put together some options from off the top of my head… (under the cut)

One idea could be the quote Crosby mentions in the show and his book: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama. Crosby gets the first half, and Rosie gets the second half, because Rosie is all about taking action.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle. Rosie gets the first half, evident with him repeatedly flying. Part of Crosby’s straight-arrowness can be fueled by the second half.

Alternatively there’s "The coward dies a thousand deaths… the brave but one.” And in my head Rosie thought it to be Shakespeare (cause that’s where the phrase comes from) but Crosby explains it's actually specifically from Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms, and that there's more to the quote that their bodies do not reflect. The quote continues in his book, “The man who first said that was probably a coward. He knew a great deal about the brave but nothing about the brave. The brave perhaps dies two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them." And I’m not gonna lie, that kind of matches Rosie’s vibe perfectly

Or there’s another quote of Hemingway’s from Farewell to Arms that says "If people bring so much courage to the world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them.”

Just one more by Hemingway, "The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.” I like this one because Rosie was very passionate about justice and injustice. He absolute despised people who were prosecuted unfairly and this was especially prominent in how he kept flying even though he could have gone home. Rosie would have the second half and Crosby would probably have the first two sentences, because I can totally see Crosby being lowkey demoralized but also it feeds into the fact that he was always infuriatingly optimistic and upbeat (and very much accepting of his fate, whatever it may be)

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I have no outline tho, just vibes

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In case anyone needs a reminder today; these two men right here? They love to eat. 🫦

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We had a month's training in Boise, Idaho, a month in Wendover, Utah, and a month in Sioux City, lowa. Either because our training was inadequate or because I was not fitted for the job, I had little reason to develop confidence about my ability as a navigator. On Christmas Eve, 1942, our plane took off from Wendover, Utah, the weather closed in, our gas ran out, and we crash-landed in the snowy mountains of western Wyoming. No one was hurt, testimony to the high skill of John Brady.

When a woman saw the smashed plane, she asked, "Which of you is the Scot?"

"I am Scotch-Irish," I said. "Will that do?"

"Yes," she said. "Scots are lucky. That's why none of you got killed.”

Later she gave me a sprig of Scotch heather and said, "Keep this and you will always be lucky."

I wish that the woman-her husband was vice president of the bank of Evanston, Wyoming-gave the rest of the crew a good luck charm.

— Harry Crosby in his memoir, A Wing and a Prayer

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After crashing into the mountains of Wyoming, Crosby was told by the women who found them that his Scottish heritage brings him luck. She gifted him a piece of Scotch heather that he kept in the thigh pocket of his flight suit. Whether it’s his heritage, the scotch heather, some higher power, or just pure dumb luck, Crosby survives two more belly landings and many more missions.

He stops flying as much at one point and months stretch between his missions, so he decided to slip the piece of scotch heather into Rosie's flight suit. He sincerely doubts that little piece of fabric is why he made it this far in the war, but knowing that Rosie had it at least brought him some piece of mind.

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Crosby gets that call from Rosie on March 1 letting him know that he’s alive and in Russia, but then he’s too nervous to tell people about it because there was no one else around to witness it. He’s terrified that they’re not going to believe him, I mean, he can hardly believe it himself. And he knows if he can’t convince them then he’ll be labeled as a Combat Failure and subsequently discharged.