Mail Call #29 (Fortnight of 30 June 2020)

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Welcome to Loose Lips Sink Ships' regular newsletter! This issue, we're celebrating 101 fills!

New Fills this Issue

Women In Conversation by shiveringpinkala
BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Ann and Blanche meet for the first time.

It Is My Heart That's Late by churchkey
BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Dick is outed and has to leave town. Nix finds him working on a farm somewhere in the west.

Deep Water by partypaprika
GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, I don't care that you've changed.

Ripped Fuel by military_bluebells
GENERATION KILL, Josh Ray Person/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, Nate pops some Ripped Fuel and it's Ray's job to unfuck this situation per Brad's orders.

New Prompts this Issue

Band of Brothers

BAND OF BROTHERS, David Webster, Webster has a 'little death' at sea when he meets a merman with a shark tail (and two dicks)

BAND OF BROTHERS, David Webster/Joseph Liebgott, They've been having sex for a while when Liebgott calls Webster 'Lieb' (German for 'love,' or 'darling'). Chronically oblivious Webster interprets this as Liebgott saying his own name in bed.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Denver 'Bull' Randleman/Johnny Martin, Bull's so quiet that Johnny sometimes worries about what he's thinking.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Edward 'Babe' Heffron/William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere, They've been friends for so long neither notices when it slides into a romance.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Edward Shames/Thomas Peacock, The one where Tom goes back to the US without Ed.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Jack Foley, It's not easy being a replacement officer in a platoon that's been through so much together.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Blue ticket AU.

Generation Kill

GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert, Iraq isn't the second war Brad's been through, it's not even the tenth (immortal!Brad Colbert).

GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, It is easier to resist at the beginning than it is at the end.

The Pacific

THE PACIFIC, Andrew 'Ack-Ack' Haldane/Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, Fixit AU: They get home and end up moving in together to help with whatever injuries, and have been living together for a year and adopted a dog before they realise that they're essentially married.

THE PACIFIC, Andrew 'Ack-Ack' Haldane/Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, One of them thinks they're just hooking up to blow off steam. The other wants it to be more.

THE PACIFIC, John Basilone/Lena Mae Riggi, It takes Lena a while to realise that John's in mourning for Manny, not just as a friend, but as a lover.

Crossovers and RPF

BAND OF BROTHERS RPF, James McAvoy/Michael Fassbender, They both say they don't remember meeting on the BoB set. Only one of them is lying.

GENERATION KILL/THE PACIFIC, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert & Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, Brad's new guitar may be haunted by the ghost of the last marine who owned it.

BAND OF BROTHERS/BAND OF BROTHERS RPF, Lewis Nixon/Ron Livingston, Nix keeps haunting Ron's dreams. Is it real?

Colonel Kink's Memorial Prompts

BAND OF BROTHERS, David Webster/Joseph Liebgott, Post-war. They sail around the world together, looking at sharks. Bonus points for skinny dipping.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Denver 'Bull' Randleman/Johnny Martin, He promised himself he'd never say a word about what he felt.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Donald Malarkey/Joseph Toye, Unable to settle after the war, Joe drifts until he finds himself washed up on the shores of the Columbia, at the home of an old friend who needs help more than even Joe does.

BAND OF BROTHERS, George Luz/Lynn 'Buck' Compton, They’re very careful not to let the truth of their relationship get out.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Lew sends Easy on a very dangerous recon mission, on which Dick is MIA. Lew struggles to cope with getting his best friend killed, while Dick struggles to make it back to his company.

GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert/Josh Ray Person, there are the true loves, the first loves, and the perfect loves. sometimes the right loves are even better.

GENERATION KILL, Josh Ray Person/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, Nate is one of those motherfuckers that kept his early morning routines after getting out of the military.

THE PACIFIC, Edward Sledge, He doesn’t quite understand what his little brother has with that slightly feral Marine from down in New Orleans, but he’ll be damned if he’s going to let anyone give Eugene a hard time for it.

THE PACIFIC, Eugene B. Sledge/Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton, Eugene tries playing poker, and loses his shirt to Snafu, literally.

BAND OF BROTHERS RPF, Damian Lewis/Ron Livingston, A paparazzi managed to take a picture of the two of them having sex/making out/being overly affectionate with each other in a public place. And the media shitstorm starts.

(These prompts are worth two points if filled before the newsletter goes live on 14 July)

Field Maneuvers

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churchkey has 1 point!

Second Lieutenant fiorediloto has 4 points!

Second Lieutenant impala_chick has 8 points!

Second Lieutenant lt_aldo_raine has 6 points!

Captain muccamukk has 28 points!

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rozwell has 1 point!

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Second Lieutenant slightlytookish has 5 points!

First Lieutenant thrillingdetectivetales has 13 points!

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