#fic: an observational study of a ghost by a paranormally inclined expert in clandestine tradescraft

[runekirikjartan]

Genuinely enjoying the heist movie plot I've lowkey written for Chapter 4 of 'an observational study of a ghost, by a paranormally inclined expert in clandestine tradecraft':

Ghost almost slipped on the polished floor as he briskly rounded the corner of the hallway he was heading down, as discretely as possible with the intel he’d manage to rip off of one of Valeria’s hard drives tucked safely into his pocket. One of Valeria’s goons was following him, though Ghost was certain the man hadn’t seen what he’d done and was only basing it off suspicion alone. He needed to find either Alejandro or Rodolfo fast, otherwise Ghost was about to join one of the many other men who’d disappeared due to the cartel. “Take the next left fantasma.” Rodolfo quietly instructed in his ear. Ghost briefly lifted his head to see a t-junction in the corridors coming up ahead of him. The corridor he turned into had a row of doors. “Second door on the right.” Rodolfo added. Behind him, Ghost could hear the goon picking up his pace. “Where are you taking me sergeant?” Ghost hissed under his breath. “You’ll see.” Rodolfo chuckled as Ghost grabbed the door handle. The moment he turned it, the door swung open and Ghost almost toppled into the room. Before he could fall on his face, he was hauled up by the back of his collar. “Fancy meeting you here fantasma.” He heard Alejandro’s suave voice croon, before he could say anything at all, Alejandro threaded his fingers into his hair and tugged him down for a kiss. Ghost felt Alejandro’s other arm wind around his waist and he coaxed Ghost into backing them up until Alejandro’s back was pressed against the wall.

[runekirikjartan]

I really wrote a ghost/soap fic only to add a side of Alejandro/Ghost in chapter four:

“Those were special circumstances, and it caused the guards to leave us alone, no?”

“What?”

“Huh?” Alejandro blinked, as though he was remembering that he, Ghost and Rodolfo were not the only ones there, and that the rest of 141 were staring them down like they’d seen a ghost. “Oh no, the mission report, you’ll get to hear all about it there Captain, I cleared it with Laswell so you get a copy, after all since Ghost is one of yours.”

"He pulled a Black Widow on me " Ghost said.

Soap knew that reference.

"Made out to hide in plain sight." Soap elaborated for the others before he could stop himself. That warned him a few side glances from Laswell and Price in particular. He could, out of the corner of his eye, see that Roach was signing away rapidly.

[runekirikjartan]

Chapter 4 of 'an observational study of a ghost, by a paranormally inclined expert in clandestine tradecraft' is out now!

Peep the Alejandro/Valeria/Rodolfo, the Alejandro/Ghost and the Ghost/Soap pining.

[runekirikjartan]

A Snippet from Chapter 4 of an observational study of a ghost, by a paranormally inclined expert in clandestine tradecraft.

The mission briefing in Ghost’s hands was a redacted version. It seemed that Alejandro had pulled enough strings to get him a majority of the information required, but still didn’t get him enough clearance for the whole lot of it. Ghost didn’t mind however. “You know, I thought you spun a yarn to get Laswell off my back.” He said as he waved a thick, beige-coloured manilla folder in Alejandro’s direction. “Didn’t realize you actually had an op.” Alejandro was in front of a pretty decent home set up, two servers hooked up to a screen in the office that Ghost had noticed the day before when he arrived. They had removed Valeria as El Sin Nombre the last time they were in Las Almas, but sure enough as the woman had warned Alejandro, none of the charges had stuck. The authorities didn’t even hold her for the full twenty-four hours. “Spun the yarn?” “If the authorities had done their job we wouldn’t.” Both Alejandro and Rodolfo said at the same time, the complete opposite of one another. Alejandro raised an eyebrow at his partner and snickered. “What?” Rodolfo scrunched his nose up. “It’s weird.” “Por favor nunca cambies a Rudy.” Alejandro murmured as he leaned over to peck Rudy on the cheek. Ghost laughed as Rodolfo blushed, a faint haze of pink over the sergeant major’s cheeks before he waved Alejandro off and turned his attention to the screen display. The easy-going nature of their relationship was a breath of fresh air compared to the briefing folder in Ghost’s hands.