#gabriel rorke

[mrs-jury]

l hate school (⁠-⁠_⁠-⁠;⁠)

[professor-mangiss]

what if instead of rorke falling alone in the helicopter scene, it's both Elias and rorke fall in that scene? What will happen to the others ghosts? What will happen to Hesh n Logan? I need y'all opinion

[lemonqii]

I wonder how Elias felt when he reunited with Rorke. It's one thing to learn of the betrayal but seeing unknown to you marks and scars on the arms of a person who's body you had mapped out in its entirety? Can't feel very good, can it.

[gunnrblze]

Rorke to Logan

[maymaylyn]

Nvm the gunshots to the chest I know Elias was hurting when Rorke punched him in the face

[tokillamockingbird427]

Idea for the whole "Elias dies before the boys can be Ghosts" au, and specifically expanding on the idea of "Elias dies in the anarchy after, and not due to the strikes themselves."

You guys know what I mean by that right? Someone kills him. Not Rorke, he's not even there and never mind tracking them down in the chaos to fucking assassinate Elias, but just... some random person. A person who gets lucky. Elias would normally have no issue defending himself and the boys, but if he were injured that could make things a lot harder for him. And why wouldn't he prioritize them over himself? His goal is for his sons to live. He comes second. Everything comes second to that.

Boom; The boys have a severe distrust of strangers from then on out, making any contact the Ghosts might have with them immediately more difficult. But maybe Rorke would have better luck... maybe because they know him. He's a Federation commander, so obviously they're not making flower crowns with him right away, but being their dad's best friend would have a lot of power.

This is gonna turn into a "The boys join the Federation" au lmao

[cod-dump]

Rorke: There's only one soldier here worth respecting

Hesh, tied up: ... is it-?

Keegan, also tied up: It's the dog

Riley, free: *happy bark*

[obioxide]

something something Twitter something something I forgot I had tumblr anyways

[ramslum]

because instagram sucks donkey nuts now (ai baaaad🚫) i’m gonna dump some old art here since i never used tumblr that much evil scheming. first up, more ghosts

[aoioozora]

Platonically sharing a bed with the Ghosts

One-bed scenario hcs with the Ghosts, and you get to see their sleeping habits. Enjoy!

Logan Walker:

A little awkward about sharing the bed, but not against it.

Even though he's shared beds with Hesh when he was younger, he hasn't done it in a long time. And with someone of the opposite sex? It's a little awkward.

But he's not awkward in his sleep. He'd probably sleep in a starfish position, accidentally kick your back or put his leg on top of you

And maybe if he's having a nightmare, he might cuddle you for some comfort.

David 'Hesh' Walker:

Also awkward about sharing the bed but tries to hide it and plays it cool, telling himself, "it's just gonna be one night."

But he cannot keep his cool once you hit the bed next to him.

He loves cuddling but since both of you are just coworkers, he's fighting the urge so hard because he doesn't want to make you uncomfortable. He ends up not getting a wink of sleep for a couple hours

But when he does sleep, he sleeps like he's a dead body in a coffin, fingers intertwined and all, straight and tall like a soldier.

Sleeptalks sometimes, but it's just incoherent mumbling.

Elias 'Scarecrow' Walker:

He gets in bed, says "good night" and proceeds to not acknowledge you unless necessary. He is visibly embarrassed and annoyed by this arrangement, but doesn't complain about it.

He sleeps in a rather loose fetal position, tosses and turns around a lot and it keeps you awake for a while until he finally stops and falls into a deep sleep.

Tends to wedge his hand in between his knees when asleep.

Although he can sleep anywhere, he prefers a completely dark room with minimal light

If there's too much light, on goes the eye mask.

Thomas Merrick:

It's written all over his face. He's AWKWARD. But he doesn't say anything so as to not make you uncomfortable. And you don't say anything to him either.

He even offers to sleep on the floor to escape this ordeal, but you refuse and have him sleep on the bed, since it was big enough for two and you didn't want him to be uncomfortable.

He obliges and gets in bed, but makes sure he keeps plenty of space between you and him (he's at the risk of falling off the bed)

And when you tell him to chill out, he grumbles, "I'm... chill." The hip and groovy slang doesn't roll out of his Millennial tongue very well.

He eventually falls asleep facing away from you, hogging the blanket and burying himself in it like he is a worm in a chrysalis.

Big, strong guy sometimes feels like he needs some protection from the world too.

Keegan Russ:

His face is blank. He does feel awkward about it but neither his face, his voice, nor his body language betray any of what he feels.

He sets up a wall of pillows in the middle of the bed. "Neither of us are crossing this line, alright?" he says, and you nod, not planning on doing so anyway.

Both of you go to sleep. He sleeps in a tight fetal position and hugs the pillow he's sleeping on.

Another position he sleeps in is on his stomach with his knee hoisted up. He won't care if it's bad for the spine, it's comfy.

Give him a few hours and he's already disregarded his own rule, and has pushed away the pillow wall to simply press his head against your back, just to feel a little less lonely.

Kick:

Not awkward AT ALL. He actually digs this arrangement but is trying not to show it. But the amused smirk on his face blows his cover.

He sleeps very comfortably and if he's close enough friends with you and ensures you don't mind his touch, he would actually shamelessly cuddle you.

And you find his cuddling comfortable.

Sometimes sleeps like a Victorian child dying of a disease, having his hand on his head and all that

By the time it's morning, he's on the floor

Alex 'Ajax' Johnson:

Ajax genuinely doesn't care. Only one bed? He'll just shrug and go along with it. He's done this countless times.

In a way, him not caring makes you feel a little less awkward about it.

He keeps his distance from you and doesn't trouble you at all

He's an absolute madman to sleep without a blanket, and it's not just because he's used to it. It's a preference. He doesn't feel very cold.

Light sleeper. But he snores a bit.

Not a cuddler, but he wouldn't mind if you cuddled with him to keep warm.

Riley:

No awkwardness, no shame, only a little baby happy to sleep on the bed with you.

BED HOGGER!

Normally a light sleeper since he's a dog, but in complete safety, he sleeps like the dead, deep enough to dream

On hot days, he likes to lean against the headrest and sleep on his back to support his legs.

On cold days, he sleeps in a doughnut formation with his nose tucked under his tail.

He's a warm boy, loves to cuddle. Even when he needs his space, he'll make sure he keeps either his tail or his paw touching you.

He's an early riser and to wake you up, he'll either lick, paw, or nudge your face with his cold nose.

BONUS - Gabriel Rorke:

Like Ajax, he doesn't care. Once he hits the bed, he's conked out.

He has one of his legs hanging out of the bed, a nightmarish thing for a kid who might see this. You tell him jokingly, "The monster under the bed will grab your leg and drag you underneath." And he just says, "I am the monster under the bed," to assert dominance to the imaginary beasts.

Light sleeper, and sleeps on his back, arms crossed like he has a meeting to attend in 30 minutes.

He sometimes has his eyes half-open, which is kinda freaky

And being a light sleeper, you don't know whether he's asleep or awake and trolling you.

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[alixrose-r0rke]

Elias I have created for my mutual friend 😸

[lovefromlaura]

Me and gang on the first day of school

(We have no idea where our classroom is)

[lemonqii]

Bros fed up with his in laws fighting

[gunnrblze]

Fed Logan and the only Ghost he doesn’t hold a grudge against is Riley. Not his dog anymore, the emotional attachment is gone after the brainwashing, but he still misses him in a way. So Rorke gets him another tactical doggy.

Rorke is very smug about it cause he’s the one that convinced Elias to get the boys a dog in the first place all those years ago, and now he can get Logan a dog himself and help win him over, give him a lil sidekick again. He briefly wishes he didn’t kill Elias just so he could rub it all in his face.

Hesh eventually learns of this and just gets more upset for various reasons. He has no hate for the actual fuck ass dog Logan has now cause it’s just a doggy, he doesn’t know better, but Riley’s clearly superior here…

[hutchlover69420]

fan CASTING💜

[tokillamockingbird427]

Unapologeticly adore the idea that is "Hesh becomes a worse person; Logan becomes better" simply because the story is set up in such a way that it should be the opposite.

Logan was abducted to become just like Rorke. Callous and cruel, delighting in the pain and fear he can cause others. Just so long as whoever they hurt isn't important enough to the Federation to protect, and just so long as they also remove obstacles for the Federation at the same time.

Meanwhile Hesh gets to stay with the Ghosts, our lovely cast of supportive side protagonists. The obvious next steps are "Get medical care, recover, continue the warpath on Rorke+The Federation, and save Logan." What a hero! How noble. Kill the bad guys, rescue the damsel, all after your nice tragic backstory.

And then that set-up gets flipped on it's head which I just think is SO fun. What's even better is there's canon material that could be used to foreshadow this! I've babbled about it before (in greater detail) but Hesh+Rorke can share a lot of parallels. (If you turn your head and squint. /J) (Elias and Logan also share parallels.)

Rorke and Hesh are both hot headed leaders who have some other guy (Who's POV we play through) following them around to take orders. Both of them have some man they pursue to seek revenge on for some personal slight. They both have larger important goals that become secondary to this anger-driven revenge. This quest for revenge eventually gets them into such a situation where their and their little guy companions lives are threatened. And in both life-threatening scenarios the little guy companion friend clutches up and saves their asses. Despite a situation that 100% should have taken them out the little fucker survives.