Even Colonel Kidd went home.
That was as it should be. For the entire war so far, Jack Kidd had been carrying the 100th. He was the best air leader, and he flew all the tough missions when the 100th was out in front of task force. Until Bennett came, he was the Air Exec and Group Ops. To the degree that Harding and Kelly let him, he was the Group Commander. He was the Group.
At twenty-three when he looked eighteen, he was one of the handsomest men I had ever seen.
Now, after months of war, he looked fifteen years older. He was gaunt. His regulation hat, not the hundred-mission crush type, was too big for him. His uniform hung on him. Al Dahn, the Group Dental Officer, told me that Jack's gums were withdrawing from his teeth. He was exhausted.
Since he flew only when we were task force lead, he had not completed a tour. When Tom Jeffrey came on the base, he knew how great d had been, but he knew that a man can only take so much.
"Jack, you have had enough. You are going home."
"Thanks, Jeff."
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Bucky: Do you want to see a butterfly?
Curt: Yes
Jack: NO!
Bucky: *throws the butter across the table*
Buck: Majestic
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Rating: E
Main pairing: Gale Cleven/John Egan
Tags: Accidental Wish Fulfillment, Alternate Reality Hopping, I know the tags look crazy lol, but this is a clegan fic I promise!, ultimately it’s a story about love and life, all the ways it could or couldn’t be different, and usually the one you have isn’t perfect, but that’s what makes it more meaningful!
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