#liebgott icon

[sonne-liebgott]

this moment is my Roman Empire

[cchickki]

i used to make a lot of icons back in the day (on my old blog) a lot of these were requests from my band of brothers blog that i used to run @chocolatpourvous (i did a lot of holiday related requests lol)

might as well reupload them to see if anyone wants to use them :)

[she-wolf09231982]

You guys, I will straight up fight Webster for Liebgott lol Everytime I see memes or posts shipping Webgott, those are my intrusive thoughts 🤣 and I’M NOT SORRY. I do not share, Web, get over it ✌🏻

[siriusist]

dear god I forgot the entire part of "why we fight" where Liebgott goes into a full-on comedy routine on the back of the truck

[youcalledmebabe]

stray last patrol thoughts

ramirez with the cuntiest line delivery of the episode: maybe he can find fourteeen replacements to help him out

malarkey is giving muppet. I feel like somebody else said this before but idk it’s so true

webroe in the same frame 😻

the flirting vs harassment meme with joe beckoning web to the showers and cobb asking him if it’s been a long time since his last shower

joe inviting web to the shower is SO CRAZY HAVE SOME SELF-RESPECT. down bad behavior

perconte is so tiny

you been working out. and that little smile. again I say STAND UP Joseph Liebgott.

everyone is so grouchy in this ep

band of brothers remake where everything is the same except Chet hanks plays lieutenant jones

shifty o mo. iconic line reading. to me

obligatory everyone looks excellent with a special nod to alley

joe talking about web like he isn’t even in the room and then immediately following him when he leaves. it’s literally a rom com.

headcanon that web does not have a sophisticated palette at all. inspired by him taking the slop while jones opts out. and of course his unidentified food in the famous truck scene

web looking out at water… cinema. need the deleted Austria lakeside scene that I made up

cobb falling into the river was a karmic act from the water on behalf of web

web just saying bring thee wounded man in a terrible accent💀 actually joe i do not think his German is as good as yours!

idk who or what it would concern but a haguenau time loop fic would be neat

joe and web both have a comforting a wounded man scene. I think joe is better at it though

webroe sharing another shot let’s goooo

web is literally like wartime ken. he never misses

it’s funny that cobb gets to vent the frustration about patrols and taking orders and this is painted as being on the opposite side as web. like no I’m pretty sure real David Webster would’ve been right there with him!

nix in his helmet… no ❤️

trying to figure out if there is a babe lookalike or if there’s just another editing mistake

web loves to gaze. to stare. to gape.

sometimes skinny randomly serves cunt

if only the winnix oak leaves scene was helmet-less

joe offering his hand to web. perfect ending. MOST perfect episode ending 10/10 no notes

[luminouslywriting]

hey love! can you do a BoB boys when their partner has the same personality as them? please?

love your work 🤭❤️

Hi Nonny, you're so sweet :) I'm glad that you enjoy my work so much! Reminder that my requests are open and that I don't mind spam BUT PLEASE, I don't write actual smut scenes/imagines/x readers :) So don't ask?? Thanks??

Cut for length, more under the cut:

Dick Winters:

-You mean this man finds someone of equal responsibility, maturity, kindness, and social grace? The world is unprepared for the level of wholesome that this relationship is going to be.

-I think that naturally, this is the type of person that Dick Winters attracts anyway, so it all works out

-You know that quote about how the Lydia's of the world don't attract the Mr. Darcy's? Yeah, totally applies here. To be in a relationship where there's equal level respect, focus on the job, and genuine care for one another is rare

-He's very grateful for you and for the relationship and never misses an opportunity to express this

-The men of Easy Company easily consider you the parents of the group, hands down

Lewis Nixon:

-This relationship is so chaotic, SMH—like—this man is out here getting drunk most of the time and so are you, as you helpfully suggest an unhinged thing that actually works

-The level of genius and smarts is unparalleled, it's just soured by the attitude that is doubled when the two of you are together

-He considers you his soulmate (like, way more than Vat-69 is) and vice versa

-I think that ultimately, this is a relationship that is consistently burning and like a wildfire, but in the most sensual and best of ways—you're there to help each other be both simultaneously worse and better

-Iconic, if I do say so myself

Ronald Speirs:

-Scary dog privilege goes both ways now?? Iconic, truly.

-Two rather quiet people who are there to work hard and get the job done by whatever means necessary meet and fall in love and therefore the stories about the two of you are UNHINGED

-But behind closed doors, you're both just very soft for one another and in love

-And if you steal as much as he does? It's maybe a competition to see who can flatter the other person more via stolen Nazi goods, but hey—if it works for you two lol

-Honestly, the leadership and compatibility in the way that you two work together is unparalleled

Buck Compton:

-Two college kids that are out there with natural charisma and fun but care about the men in Easy Company more than anything else? Bestie, this is just for you

-This man is utterly besotted with the way that you can talk college/academics with him and not even miss a beat

-There's a fun and healthy level of competition when it comes to games and downtime, which the both of you enjoy

-And everyone knows how good you two are at keeping spirits up and preserving morale, especially for each other

-The kind of emotional atunement to one another is rare to find I think that everyone is slightly envious of the two of you

Carwood Lipton:

-A responsible mom friend meets another responsible mom friend—and you know what? The level of married couple that you two are off the bat from meeting one another is just too much haha

-It's the domestic details and trying to check in on people/their mental health throughout the war, it's the way that the two of you know exactly how to care for one another in a non-overbearing sort. of way—

-If Lipton is the undisputed leader of Easy Company during Bastogne, then you're the undisputed right hand person—always putting the needs of the men and your S/O before yourself

-Selflessness and genuine love is also really rare to come by and I think that this is just what Lipton really needs—a support who is just a little bit too much like him

-You two are easily married by the time you end up in Austria

Joe Liebgott:

-Why is this giving gremlin energy? I can't explain it, but the way that the two of you constantly flirt and joke and have each other's backs is amazing

-Everyone is just like, "Lieb, there's two of you" and they're not wrong

-Supporting one another's beliefs and vengeance—because sometimes it's not about making the other person better, it's just about accepting them as they are and loving them anyway

-Easy Company simply adores the two of you and the way that you two succinctly work as a team and in tandem most of the time

-But you two are also so incorrigible and horny at any given time, so that's their one vice with the two of you

Donald Malarkey:

-This man?? Right here? The best friend energy that he exudes and now gets to have with you? Amazing

-It's the way that your relationship feels like breathing air because the two of you are so easily able to talk to one another, are each other's best friends, and the way that you care fiercely about one another and everyone else

-Sometimes it's like looking in the mirror though and the two of you are like, "please just go take a nap,"

-And unwillingly taking charge of situations w/Easy Company because it's just you or him that's left to lead? Also part of the deal, but everyone is on board with you

-Lots of hugs and cuddles are needed between the two of you

Eugene Roe:

-Oh goodness—two people who are out here burning themselves out for everyone else because they care so much? You two are either the most passionate lovers ever or you two are arguing about how the other person needs to take care of themselves and there's no in between

-You're both nurturers and lovers by nature and so being in this war is hard for the two of you

-Exchanging stories from home and sternly commanding the other to please "get some sleep or eat something" because you love them?? It's a love language

-No one wants to be on either of your bad sides—let alone the two of you at the same time. It's giving the energy of upsetting the nicest and clearly bravest people ever.

-If you two aren't engaged by the end of the war, then what's the point?

Bill Guarnere:

-Loyal to a fault, good sense of humor, probably from Philly? I mean, it's no wonder this man fell for you, you're just him in another font

-Literally everyone out here just wants to be friends with the two of you because you're already lowkey married, if that makes sense

-The conversation alone leaves everyone just wishing the two of you would get a room though

-Physically affectionate best friends who also makeout and maybe have some serious feelings for one another? Absolutely

-He absolutely writes you letters throughout the rest of the war after Bastogne and wants to marry you ASAP

Joe Toye:

-Quiet energy that lowkey makes people scared because of an RBF but then is super gentle? Oh yes, the two of you were made for one another

-You two easily become friends and easily fall in love—after all, the level of devotion and friendship, but also the ability to actually talk to one another? Unmatched

-He always has your back and vice versa; he already wants to talk about domestic life and you're out here naming your future dogs together

-And then Bastogne happens and you promise that you're gonna make it home so you can take care of him

-And no one is surprised when the same week you get home from the war, you end up married to him

George Luz:

-The comedic value here is too great and far unmatched. You're either super menaces together and leadership hates the two of you or you are carrying the morale of Easy Company on your backs.

-He's never met someone to match his humor so well or encourage him in the same way that he does others—and it's a beautiful match made in heaven

-Everyone is half-convinced that you're just his twin or something, but then the two of you are in love and everyone is rooting for the two of you

-You probably both propose to one another in a joke at some point and then have to actually do a proposal later on at the end of the war

-Everyone shows up for the wedding because no one was gonna miss out on the speeches that the two of you prepared haha

[mads-nixon]

hi everyone! welcome to my band of brothers & the pacific side-blog! my messages and ask box are always open, so shoot me a message anytime you feel like it. also, requests are now CLOSED for the pacific and bob!! you can find the request guidelines below!

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Band of Brothers

italics - wips

Eugene “Doc” Roe

- At Last

- Break the Distance

- C'est Toi (Soulmate!AU)

Joe Liebgott

- Of Course It’s You

- Liebling

Floyd Talbert

- “The Night of the Bayonet”

- I’m Here (oc)

George Luz

- Home

- Old Friends

Dick Winters

- Winter at the Winters'

- Meine Liebe

Ron Speirs

- Keeping You Safe

- For Me

- Knight in Dirty ODs

Lewis Nixon

- Here With You

- The Vow

- Timeless

- Epiphany Series Masterlist

Johnny Martin

- Follow You Anywhere

Headcannons

- Nix When He's Sick

- Dating Eugene Roe

- Post-War Harry Welsh

The Pacific

Robert Leckie

- Crazy

Bill "Hoosier" Smith

- You Before Me

Eugene Sledge

- See the Good

Headcanons

- Hoosier Dating an Extrovert

- Chuckler Dating an Artist

- Chuckler Dating a Medic

Masters of the Air:

You can find things from gifs to fics, and posts about the flyers and ground crews in Masters of the Air on my sideblog, @major-mads!!

comment or message me if you want to be tagged in anything!!

[pigeonlogan]

BofB boys but them doing group presentation in modern college AU

Winters: teamed up with Nix, he did the slides.

Nixon: a witness said he did nothing but sitting there being beautiful but that’s not true he helped gathered the infos and went on stage to do the whole presentation

Speirs : teamed up with Lipton (who was the only one who asked him to team up with). He did the slides but the man with great skills of information briefing had terrible layout taste which lead to their first version of the slides end up with 24pt American typewriter font on blank white background.

Lipton : teamed up with Speirs. He tried to add cute icons on their slides to save it visually. Soft boy went 50/50 portion of the stage presentation with Speirs, which was a big relief for the audiences who found Speirs scary.

Luz : teamed up with Toye. Their slide is a emoji mayhem but dude’s presentation skill saved the day.

Toye : the one who could have save their slide from becoming emoji mayhem but too nice to spoil the fun.

Liebgott : he didn’t want to team up with Webster but he sold his soul to the grades. Had arguments with Webster with the slide’s topic, their debate was so loud that the librarian kicked them out.

Webster: “scholar boy” of the class which means he’s the party pooper rambling on academic things that nobody asks for knowing. Annoyed when Liebgott tried to stop him from putting literature memes that little would find funny on the slide. He insisted on doing the reference page with APA style.

[samwinchesterslostshoe]

Masterlist

Some things about me: I love to paint, sew and knit! I have a deep love for history, architecture and anything 40’s 50’s related!

This blog it my little getaway from the real world. I love sharing my stuff on here with people that love these characters with the same love and enthusiasm as I do, and interacting with so many people and other amazing artists💜

In the little free time I have left from doing actual homework and working, I like to draw characters from movies and shows that I love.

These include:

Band of brothers

Supernatural

Uncharted

The boys

The last of us

And many more!

I am always open for requests, DM’s and messages!

X

Band of Brothers fanfic:

Denouement: David Webster x OC

Denouement chapter 1

Denouement chapter 2

Denouement chapter 3

Marie drawing

Band of brothers icons:

Alton more

Ronald Spiers

Chuck Grant

Eugene Roe

David Webster

Band of brothers moodboards:

Easy Ranch - Pat Christenson

Easy Ranch - Bill Guarnere

Skinny Sisk and Shifty Powers - Taylor Swift

Ronald Spiers x Nurse

Soft Spiers

Eugene Roe

Band of brothers fan art:

George Luz sketch

Lewis Nixon sketch

Liebgott sketch

Lewis Nixon x J.C Leyendecker

Ronald Spiers

Liebgott and Webster

Webster pencil drawing

Malarkey pencil drawing

Stupid pigeon meme (aka Spiedgon)

The Pacific

Eugene Sledge doodle

Eugene Sledge drawing

Masters of the air

Harry Crosby drawing

1917

Blake and Schofield drawing

Detroit: Become Human

Connor

Marcus

Uncharted

Chloe and Nadine

Young Nate and Sam

Stinky Sam

Nathan

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[oatflatwhite]

part 1

[eightysix-baby]

Hey everyone last year I did a birthday celebration and had a lot of fun doing requests so I thought I'd bring it back this year 💖

my birthday is at the end of the month I wanted to do some kind of celebration with my followers, however anyone can participate if they’d like! This will probably be open until my birthday (the 28th) depending on how many requests I get .

Send me a 💖 + few things about yourself and I’ll make you a moodboard or I’ll make one based on your blog 

Send me a 💙+ a character and a concept or color and I’ll make a moodboard 

Send me a 💜+ tell me a little about yourself and I’ll ship you with a character ,please specify which fandom ( last time I was only doing them for stranger things but I may be open to doing them for other fandoms , if your wondering what fandoms I post about you can check my blog or just ask 💕) 

Send me a 💚+ a person/character and a color and I’ll make you some icons 

Send me a 🎵and I’ll tell you what song I associate with your blog 

Send me a 🌺 and I'll make an outfit inspired by your blog ( idea inspired by @dearscone )

send me a 🌻 + a movie/show/book etc and I'll cast my mutuals in it / or send me some ,your mutuals as "_" asks

Send me anything you’d like!

give me some FanFic recommendations

ask me anything you'd like , talk to me about movie/music/books or give me some recommendations ,talk to me about your pets (or better send pictures ) tell me about some of your favorite things , I really just want to get to know some of you better 💕

Aside from ships I’ll take request of just about any fandom I post about . Theres a lot of them but just a few of them are : stranger things,hbo war, 80s movies,scream/horror movies, marvel,IT, the boys, cobra kai,the umbrella academy , star wars,star trek and lots of others! Like I said if you’re curious just check out my blog or feel free to ask . 💜

tagging some people :) @punkgeekcryptid @libramooon @emmythespacecowgirl @tvserie-s-world @kaaaaaaarf @mccall-muffin @liebgotts-lovergirl @santacarlahorrorshow @pleasedontlookatmeokay @honey-im-hotdog

[antigonenikk]

hbowar ask gane! m,t and x

M. fav quote has to be from The Pacific-

‘So what do you believe in?

I believe in ammunition.’

Honestly nothing from either 3 shows goes as hard.

But for BoB- liebgotts translation of the nazi commanders speech. people misinterpret this moment a lot but to me its meant to highlight the banality of evil and is also a moment of intense irony and is especially important for joe—the horror in confronting this banality

Gen Kill- “you’re asking me to speak frankly sir?” “Well yes.” “Well sir, its just that you’re incompetent sir.”!!!!!

MOTA- bucky telling gale to run was iconic thats my fav quote just “go ill catch up with you.” And u can tell he KNOWS he wont be able to.

T - naming a pet….. lmaoooo i think eugene would be a funny dog name like i love dog names that are old timey people names. shifty is also an incredible dog name for a border collie only though.

X- the only screenshot i have of this scene from ep 1 of the pacific is from my own edit lmaooo but it would be this probably:

I love the framing. It would be great edited as a poster for the show i might do a few posters now in photoshop that sounds kind of fun lolllll also these shots:

[siriusist]

I'm not sure about anyone else, but then best thing about rewatching Band of Brothers time and time again is like, there's so many characters and the show is just so good, it's just on every watch, you have a different favourite.

Like, maybe on your first watch, it's the arguably more funny/likeable characters you love- Lewis Nixon, George Luz, Joseph Liebgott, Shifty Powers. Maybe you love an episode that focuses on something different in war- like Doc Roe in "Bastogne."

But the next time you watch the series all the way through, you realize how underestimated "The Breaking Point" is. How much you under appreciated Carwood Lipton. Or how endearingly himboesque Floyd Talbert is.

And then by the time you've watched it a thousand times, there's always that one episode, for one reason or another, you skip, and you rewatch it all the way through and actually pay attention to it ("Crossroads"). The one character that's almost too perfect within the series itself (Winter) has a more nuanced performance the longer you watch.

How when we find Winters initially after killing the battalion, there's a streak in the dirt in his face that's only visible as a tear stain if you look close enough. That when he's promoted he's almost too emotionally invested in Easy Company to the point where he's worried about someone else guiding them in combat. How he smiles at their successes after, even if he's not a part of them- I just love this series.

(Also Doc Roe's under appreciated doctor rant in this episode will never not be iconic).

[staud]

b, k and x for the hbo war ask! 🩷

hello hello meg!! thank you for the ask :D

b. between all four shows, which one do you think did the best job of creating a storyline?

i think bob! i found the show super straightforward bc everything was chronological and focused only on easy company. she's a classic for a reason <3

k. which books, if any, have you read for any of the shows?

none :( im thinking about reading the generation kill book but do you have any recs?!

x. choose one screencap of any of the shows that you would frame and put on the wall.

here are some screenshots from each show! :D

i have giffed/edited this moment to death because it makes me sooo emotional, i love the framing/lighting of the shot as web watches liebgott yell at the guy and chooses to leave. his expression says so much!!! his actor TORE this scene up!!!!

the iconic sledge flower shot. so beautiful :(

ray babygirl

i love this shot because it took elements that are used to portray violence throughout the show (planes, smoke, flashing lights), but here those same elements create a sense of peace/closure for the ending. im so bad with words but ya get what i mean! haha

hbo war ask game

[softguarnere]

Like A Girl (Like A Man)

Shifty Powers x OFC

Chapter 30: She's the Man

Summary: “I don’t fuck with insubordination,” Speirs says simply, then marches away as if nothing has happened. A/N: Something about the "complete lies" picture has always been so freakin' funny to me, and I'm so thankful that I finally have a chance to use it in one of the moodboards now that Zenie is in an edgier era. Shout out to anyone who remembers when the working title of this fic was originally "She's the Man" after that iconic movie - this chapter title is for you <3

(Also, just in case it needed to be stated: Collins is made up! I needed someone for Zenie to beef with and felt bad for picking on Cobb all the time. It is, after all, Hot Roy Summer, and it would have been downright rude of me.) Warnings: smoking, mentions of war, language, mentions of improper binding Taglist: @latibvles @liebgotts-lovergirl @lady-cheeky @mrs-murder-daddy @lieutenant-speirs @ithinkabouttzu

Germany, 1945

At first, Germany is beautiful, which feels wrong to admit, all things considered. Zenie scribbles the first line of a letter to Bobby over and over again, worrying that she’s not doing the views justice, then worrying that she’s not being harsh enough on the country that dragged them all the way across the world. In the end, she decides to scrap the letter. Although now that Webster is back and newly a member of her platoon, maybe she can get him to write it for her. Privileges of being a sergeant, and all.

Everyone’s hair is getting a little long, she notices as they rumble along in the backs of trucks, wind whipping their faces as they travel on and on. The beards that it was too cold to shave in Bastogne have since disappeared, but Liebgott hasn’t been giving out his signature haircuts, and no one has said anything about it.

For some people, the effect of even a little length on their hair is drastic, to Zenie, at least. No longer the cocky kids who showed up in Georgia three years before with close cropped hair, ready to try their luck with the Airborne. Most of them look like men now. Zenie reaches up to her own dark locks. What does a little length do to her face? Make her look more girlish, maybe?

If Shifty weren’t in a different truck, Zenie would point out all the mountains to him. She points them out to Babe instead, the two of them reveling in the fresh spring air as the trucks rumble along.

For a place that looks so serene, the mood within the villages they arrive in is vastly different. As they settle in, Germans gawk at them. Some don’t seem so displeased at their arrival, while others instantly turn skittish and slip back inside their houses. Zenie smiles at a little girl who passes by, staring open mouthed at her and Babe, only for the child’s mother to grab her daughter and hustle away.

“I get the feeling they don’t like us very much,” Zenie says. Her eyes catch on Janovec, who’s offering a pretty German girl a cigarette. She offers him a demure blush from behind her long lashes as she accepts it, making the paratrooper smile. If Bill were here, he would be having a time. “Most of them, anyway.”

“Make no mistake, friends,” Luz announces, appearing between Zenie and Babe, throwing an arm around each of them. “I suspect that Germany is going to be prime fraternization territory.” His eyes are glued to one of the girls in the distance. If not for the fact that Zenie knows she looks at Shifty that way, she would roll her eyes at her friend’s eagerness. Luckily, she tries not to be a hypocrite.

So what if she’s late? Captain Nixon is doing another one of his current events lectures – or is this more of a monologue? – when Zenie slides into the square, taking a seat at the back near her friends. Shifty flashes her a brief smile in greeting. Popeye claps her on the shoulder and whispers, “You’re late!”

“Can you blame me?” She deadpans, which earns a laugh.

“You missed O’Keefe trying to sing,” McClung tells her.

O’Keefe? She squints, trying to picture him in her mind’s eye. “Which one is he?”

This earns another round of quiet laughs, though it wasn’t meant to be funny. Once again, humor has been created at the expense of the replacements. They remain good for something after all.

Up front, Captain Nixon frowns down at the paper in his hands. “Ah, bad news, boys. Rebecca Sadowski has tied the knot.”

Gasps ring out among the men. Zenie feels herself stiffen, blood turn cold. Over Popeye, Shifty glances at her.

“Noooo!” Skinny groans, dragging a hand over his face. “Not my wife! How could she?”

“Better luck next time, Sisk,” Perconte says, patting him on the shoulder.

If only he knew, Zenie thinks.

Zenie tunes out the rest of the lecture, vaguely aware every now and then of Shifty glancing at her. She tries to offer him a smile when they’re relieved.

“That’s . . . quite somethin’,” he says. “We’ll never hear the end of it from Skinny.”

She shrugs, unsure what to say. Where would she even begin? Shifty has heard bits and pieces about Beckie when they talk about home, but he doesn’t know about the Christmas party, about the last time they saw each other . . .

“Once again, it seems like Beckie got what she wants.” She cringes at how bitter her tone is. Especially when the realization hits her, there, in the afternoon sunlight, with the rays glinting off of Shifty’s hair and turning his eyes into warm pools of honey. She lowers her voice to not be overheard, “But I have, too.”

Shifty smiles, and for once in her life, Zenie isn’t jealous of Beckie.

The families that they find themselves placed with are a real mixed bag.

After more rumbling truck rides, more wind in their faces, more singing to pass the time, the action picks up, though still not in the way that the replacements have been praying for. Instead of jumping into Berlin, they roll into Bavaria – and immediately charge into people’s homes.

A woman is yelling at them, voice shrill, the second that they kick in her door. She jumps up from her dinner table, hands in their faces as she enunciates. From a side room, a man emerges, looking embarrassed. He tries to coax his wife away from them, to no avail.

“What’s she saying?”

Webster tilts his head. “She claims that she’s not a Nazi.”

Babe snorts. “Well, I don’t think our orders to find a place to sleep discriminate on that front.”

Behind her, heavy footsteps echo as someone stomps up from behind. Zenie jumps out of the way as Captain Speirs barges into the apartment, mouth pressed into a thin line as his eyes take in the scene.

“They have five minutes,” he says.

“Sir, she says they aren’t – “

“Everyone has five minutes!” Speirs barks before spinning on his heel and heading back out into the hallway, ready to barge into other apartments and issue the same order.

They’re supposed to hate these people, but Zenie can’t help but feel bad as she watches the wife wail, the husband hurriedly shove belongings into suitcases, the little girl’s wide eyes as she watches the invaders begin to make themselves comfortable. The whole scene stirs something within Zenie. Some far-off memory of things Granny once told her begins to awaken in her mind, but she can’t analyze it now when there’s so much to be done.

When they close the door behind the family, the apartment instantly grows quieter. A collective sigh of relief passes among everyone. For a moment, the only sounds are the cries in the hallway, muffled by the thick wood of the door. Then, they set about surveying their home for the night.

“Hey, Sarge.” Babe has to nudge Zenie’s shoulder to get her attention; the title still doesn’t feel like her own. The Philadelphian tilts his head toward one of the rooms. “Got a room for ya.”

Three rooms for the six of them. Herself, Babe, Luz, McClung, Collins, and Roe. There’s no official division for who should go where, but Luz, Earl, and Babe all head for one room, and Roe starts for the other. But instead of following the medic, Collins snorts – loudly.

“Of fuckin’ course Driver gets a private room,” he stage whispers to himself.

 Everyone freezes, their migration stalled. Eyes all flick to Zenie.

She heaves a deep breath. It’s been no secret that Collins has not liked her ever since she called him out in Haguenau, but the extent of that dislike had appeared to be glares and rolled eyes. “What’s that supposed to mean, Collins?”

The replacement shrugs. “I think you know.”

“Enlighten me.”

Smile is not the right word to describe what comes over the man’s face. This isn’t a playful smirk, or even a self-satisfied grin. Collins leers at her when he says, “We all know the real reason that Driver always gets privacy is just because he’s actually a woman.”

Zenie blinks, takes a step back. Across the room, Babe’s eyebrows shoot up into his hairline. Gene’s reaction surprises her the most, though, because he starts to step forward, hand outstretched to grab the replacement by the shoulder and spin him around.

He’s just done exactly that when a noise cuts them all off. McClung is folded over on himself, slapping his knee as he –

As he howls with laughter, they all realize as Earl’s face turns red and he wheezes between gleeful cackles. A little nervously, Luz joins in. So do the others.

Now it’s Collins’ turn to turn pink, though not with humor like everyone else.

“That’s got to be – “ Earl coughs. He laughs again, trying to stand straight. “God – Ha! That’s got to be the stupidest excuse I’ve ever heard!”

They all dissolve into laughs again, and Zenie finds a nervous one escapes her own mouth as well.

“I’m serious,” Collins deadpans.

“Collins, if you want your own room so bad, you shoulda just said somethin’,” Babe insists.

Collins’ face turns from a light pink to a deeper red. “Do none of you find it strange?” He asks. “Does no one else think it’s weird that Driver always gets his own room? Huh? Or that he never changes in front of anyone?”

“You act like this is a new development,” McClung says. “We all got used to Tommy’s shyness back in Toccoa. Not that you would know.” He shakes his head, gives the others a knowing look. “Damn replacements.”

“The Army wouldn’t allow anyone else this much privacy,” Collins asserts. “How come he gets away with it? And why wouldn’t he have just gotten used to gritting his teeth and white knuckling through it like the rest of us? Have any of you ever seen him – her! – even go to the bathroom?”

All very good points. To any outsider with keen observation skills, Tommy’s behavior doesn’t make any sense. Collins is right: he’s been in the military long enough that he should have grown accustomed to changing in front of other men by now. Some people have written this off as cultural differences, despite the fact that McClung and Shifty – the two other Indians in the company – are perfectly fine changing in front of the other men. Well, whatever they need to say to rationalize all of this to themselves, Zenie supposes.

“Honestly,” Luz sighs, sounding just as fed up as he did in Haguenau; part of Zenie briefly wonders if he’ll ever be as jovial as he once was – or if any of them will be, for that matter. “Collins, none of us has a problem with Tommy being shy. Why do you?”

“You know what,” Zenie interrupts before Collins can make any more good points, poke any more holes in her cover story. “If it’s that big a deal to you, Collins, you take the master bedroom. Heffron, Roe, y’all are with me.” She makes a move towards the smaller bedroom, knowing that something can be worked out with the two men who know her secret once they’re alone. But she stops halfway there, knocking her shoulder into Collins’ and stage whispering, “Whatever you have to do in privacy to ready yourself for combat, just know that this apartment has very thin walls.” Then she pats him on the back and strolls into the room she’ll be sharing with Babe and Gene.

When the door is shut and they’re alone, it’s Gene who begins to laugh first, so hard that he grabs a pillow off the bed to muffle the sound, just in case the walls really are as thin as Zenie threatened they’d be.

It’s harder to hold back laughter the next morning, when Babe announces to Collins at breakfast that Tommy is supposedly the most muscular man that he’s ever seen.

“No wonder he’s never changed in front of anyone before,” Babe continues. “I would be self-conscious, too, if I had the physique of a Greek god. Goddamn, I’ll never go against Tommy’s wishes for privacy ever again, because one glimpse made me feel so bad about myself that I wanted to just crawl into a foxhole and cry, because I knew I’d never be able to compete with the likes of him for the ladies.”

He lays it on so thick that Luz ends up choking on the milk he’s drinking, causing it to spray out of his nose. Everyone laughs except for Collins, whose face resembles a tomato. Whether from anger or embarrassment, Zenie can’t be sure.

Until later.

“Sergeant Driver.” The authoritative voice of Captain Speirs makes her automatically assume that she’s in trouble. Suddenly, it’s like being in middle school and getting called to the principal’s office all over again.

She curses in her mind but stands straight and salutes as the Commanding Officer approaches her.

“At ease,” Speirs says. “Driver, I heard that there was an incident last night regarding one of the replacements.”

“Incident, sir?”

“Some of the men are saying that he questioned your authority, and then, uh – he accused you of being a woman.” At the last word, his tone raises slightly, making it sound like a question. His right eyebrow quirks, punctuating the captain’s confusion.

“He did, sir.”

Speirs blinks. This is the closest anyone in Easy has ever seen him come to being shocked. “Well, you won’t have to worry about it anymore. Private Collins is being transferred to Fox Company.”

“Sir?”

“I don’t fuck with insubordination,” Speirs says simply, then marches away as if nothing has happened.

She can’t help it – a smile spreads across Zenie’s face as she watches him go. I don’t fuck with insubordination, he had said. Captain Speirs, who has rumors trailing him everywhere he goes and either doesn’t notice or doesn’t mind, just transferred a replacement out of his company for starting a rumor about an NCO that he hardly knows.

Huh. What a turn of events.

Dear Tommy, the letter begins, oh so formally, though Zenie can practically hear the knowing chuckle in his voice at the use of her falsified name.

Doc Roe brought your letter by. Seems like you left out the most important part, though – congratulations on being promoted to Staff Sergeant. You’ll make a hell of a good NCO.

Yeah, right. A man has been transferred out of the company because of her, because she didn’t know how to handle him. Fine work she’s doing here. She didn’t expect to fill Bill’s shoes, but she also didn’t expect to get off to such a rocky start.

Word around the hospitals is that the war is almost over. Hate that I won’t be there with you, Babe, and the rest of the boys to see it. But you’re going to win this thing. You guys are going to make us all proud.

Thanks for the address. Nothing will happen – you can’t fuck up now – but I’ll save it so that I can come visit you when the war is over. Guess I’ll finally get to see those blue mountains that you and Shifty are always talking about. Though walking on them with only one leg might take some getting used to.

Keep your nose clean, kid.

Your pal,

Bill Guarnere.

Only one leg. Maybe it’s just because some of the nuance is lost in the writing, but Bill doesn’t seem half as depressed as anyone else reporting that news would be. She folds the letter back up and puts it in her pocket to show to Babe later. Although now she’s got two letters to worry about writing. Asking Webster to do it for her is looking better and better. He’d probably even be nice enough to omit the incident with Collins without it seeming like a suspicious gap of information is missing from the narrative.

Because even though they aren’t meant for her ears, the rumor mill has done a fine job of spreading the word that Sergeant Driver finally changed in front of somebody. This is in no small part due to Luz and McClung laughing about the incident to anyone who will listen, and Gene and Babe confirming that, yes, the famously shy NCO changed clothes while they were in the room with him – despite the fact that in actuality, they both politely turned their backs to give her the privacy she needed while she removed her bandages at night and replaced them in the morning. The whole “built like a Greek god” claim does have several officers giving her confused looks as she passes, though.

Luckily, not everyone is as put off or as confused.

“Driver,” Bull calls over the din of men and trucks. He removes his trademark cigar from his mouth and uses it to gesture towards the edges of the town, out into the trees. “They want a patrol of the woods.”

Zenie pretends to be shocked. “What? I thought that the patrol back in Haguenau was the last one we’d have to worry about.”

Bull smiles around his cigar. “Boy, you’re in the army. What else did you expect?” He tilts his head toward the woods, drawing the conversation back again. “Grab some men and do a sweep.”

It’s less of a sweep and more of a lighthearted romp. The weather is fine and the forest is beautiful. If she closes her eyes, it’s easy to imagine that she’s back at home, getting ready to dig ramps with Granny in early spring. Or maybe back on top of Frying Pan with Shifty.

However the officers want to classify it is just fine with her. Afterword, everyone seems to be in a better mood than they’ve experienced in a while. This is possibly the easiest assignment that they’ve had since the war began. Now all they have to do is survive the rest of it. Keep their noses clean.

Zenie shares the letter from Bill with Babe.

“Only one leg?” Babe’s eyebrows raise, then furrow in concern. “Jesus Christ. Guess it was worse than we thought.”

“He doesn’t seem too upset about it. At least, that’s not the tone of the letter.”

“No,” Babe agrees. He pats down his pockets, looking for something. “Hey, got any paper? Let’s write him back. Give him an update.”

“Tommy! Babe! Hey!” Perconte skids to a stop in front of them, breathless. “Where’re the officers?”

“Don’t know,” Zenie answers.

“Why?” Babe asks.

Instead of answering, Perconte rushes off, asking the same question of everyone he passes. Zenie has never seen him all worked up; he’s usually so easygoing.

“Wonder what that’s all about.”

“Beats me.” Babe produces a pencil, accepts a small sheet of paper that Zenie finds in her pocket, and sets to work writing. “All right.”

They’ve got a solid start – Dear Bill – scrawled on the page when Captain Speirs calls out for Easy Company, orders them to ready themselves and follow him and Major Winters. Unsure, everyone exchanges looks as they grab their rifles and start out toward the woods. Zenie shoves the paper back into her pocket, thankful that one of her letters has at least had some progress.

And then it stays there, forgotten.

Because Germany is no longer a beautiful place to describe to her friends back in the States.    

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I just saw a Malarkey gifset of that scene in ep 10 where Malarkey, Shifty, Perco, Bull and Liebgott are haunting and talking about points, and I just thought about you. How are you? How was your day? Enjoying all the easy cowboy content?

Ahahahah I mean I’m flattered you see Don and think of me! I have clearly ingrained it well that him and I are an item bahahahah.

But I’m so good, did some very last minute Christmas shopping.

And now I’m watching all of the lord of the rings movies for the first time, with my friend who knows all the words. We had to do the iconic helmet scene fact drop.

But I’m am so in love with all the cowboy content, just smiling and giggling as I blush over all of them!!!

How are you? Have you had a good day? xx