The first one is pervy haha. I tried to make it more general this time, but I still am drawn to writing relationship between characters. Most notably Jensen (Jensen-baby at heart)
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1. Pervert - Nerf Herder (2:35)
Cougar had some weird fetishes. Jensen found this out after the sniper had joined the team. It wasn't obvious at first, but gradually as Jensen observed the man more he realized.
The sniper liked scarves. As well as listening to sex.
Jensen found the second one out when Clay and Aisha (or was it Roque) were going at it and he and Pooch had forgotten to resupply to earplug stash. It was a moment he would have forgotten but for Cougars odd reaction to the sound.
2. Ready Steady Go - L'Arc~en~Ciel (3:48)
Pooch stared at his target. The damn thing was moving all over the place and he couldn't get the shot right.
"... This is dumb. Obviously The Pooch needs more practice"
"Is The Pooch referring to himself in third person again?" Jensen laughed, "And of course you can't hit it like that. Didn't yo mama teach you how to shoot a movin' target proper?"
Pooch was amused at Jensen's attempt at an accent. Also, his mom scarily sounded just like that. Eerie.
"Okay, J, tell me bro. How do I shoot this moving dude?"
At that Jensen took the gun from his grasp,
"First my young padawn. You do that funky breathing thing Cougs does. Actually a lot of it is copying Cougar haha. Seriously though, breathe. Like this."
Well... That was certainly breaking the stereotype.
3. Braveheart - Gomband (3:58)
Aisha stared at the two men. This was ridiculous. They were both specially trained black ops soldiers and had many brushes with death, yet they were scared. Of themselves no doubt, that the other would be disgusted.
It was disgusting to Aisha 'I mean come on. You are, let me say it again, specially trained black ops soldiers, asking someone out should not be a problem for you. Especially Cougar."
She shook her head and continued her observation of their little mating-but-not-really dance.
And Clay said they've been doing this for years, pathetic.
4. Mysterious Ways - U2 (4:03)
Pooch glanced at his soon to be wife. She was radiant as per usual. Granted she was glaring at him because he had started stuttering in the last few minutes. What could he say, he was nervous man. Asking someone to marry you did have it's let downs. 'What if she says no man?' ' I mean The Pooch is good, but he's not Great. There is probably someone better than me.'
"Linwood." Jolene furrowed her eyebrows, "What is the matter with you today?"
Pooch tried to calm himself down, this was not the end of the world after all. Okay, here he went.
"Jolene, You know I love you." Pause, she nodded. "... Alright."
He got on one knee, cliche but whatever, "Will you, marry me?"
5. Why Marcus oh Why - Scraps of Tape (9:55)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"You couldn't save us!"
"We trusted you!"
"How could you let us die?"
"AIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
"You won't be able to save the camle beard either. He will meet our fate!"
"You couldn't make the shot! You killed us!"
"How could you!"
"Your team will die, it will be your fault!"
Children screamed at him through rusty cages. Hands reaching out to him as they angrily voiced their outcries. Mouths worked in silent curses and sunlight didn't have the chance to blind their eyes. He tried not to let the tears fall as he walked down the dark hall.
Every so often a voice would scream in rage, a voice that could no longer hide. He tried not to turn away from it, this was his fault after all. Every one of them, his responsibility. He messed up, they paid the price.
He stopped in his tracks at the sight to his left. Jensen manacled to the wall, blood dying his chest. His breath was still, no heart beat left.
"...Jensen..."
"Cougs" he croaked, "Sorry man, I almost made it. You were a second too late."
He slumped to the ground, this couldn't be happening.
"It is man, it is," Pooch drawled from across the way,
"You couldn't help us this time, I wish there could be a next."
He glanced all around, and finally he wept.
6. Every Little Thing [Acoustic] - Hawk Nelson (3:07)
Roque swirled his drink around. Clay was doing his usual thing, hitting on just the wrong girl. This one was probably worse than Emma.
A pause.
He downed the entire shot and grimaced. All the same he called for another. Cougar and Jensen were talking in the corner, for once Cougar wasn't surrounded by a hoard of girls, Roque felt better about that a little. The bartender looked at him,
"Sir, are you alright?"
He glared, "Do I look alright?"
He sighed.
7. California - Metro Station (2:43)
Jensen looked at the blueprints. They were fairly good as far as he could tell. He'd never really looked at architecture and the like. He heard the small scruff of boots as Cougar announced his presence,
"Is it good?"
"Hmmm, looks to be so. Though we'll have to add a few extra security measures on our own."
"Bien"
They both looked at the empty ground stretched before them and imagined what the house would look like.
"They'll love it."
"Si" Cougar agreed.
8. Enter - Within Temptation (7:15)
Clay waited for the plain to land. They were finally getting a driver that wasn't (hopefully) as terrible as all theirs had previously been. From what he'd read on the official report, this Linwood Porteous was a fairly solid man. A good soldier and a good sense of conscience.
He was only being sent to Clay and his little band of misfits because he refused to follow orders on more than one occasion. Clay wondered about that, if he was a good soldier why would he refuse orders.
The plane was late arriving, not that Clay was surprised. When it did show up he'd already gotten ten texts from Jensen asking about the newbie. They were Jensen questions too like 'do you know how old he was when he stopped biting his nails?' another one was 'can he give evidence either or against the tooth fairy's existence?"
So it was bad that when Linwood showed up Clay was angrily tell Jensen to stop spamming him with such dumb ass questions.
"Sir. Linwood reporting. I'd prefer Pooch if you would though."
Clay looked up after he hit send.
"Morning Pooch, How was your trip?"
He picked up a bag and started walking towards his car.
"Well it wasn't first class but it wasn't so bad.
"I see. Excellent. You'll definitely ride worse. Welcome to The Losers"
With the last statement he opened his door and hopped in.
9. Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda or Mitsunobu Nakamura (2:01)
They glanced around the little table. Today was the day they thought. Today Max would not escape them.
He and Roque would pay. Him for their lives and Roque for their trust.
"All right Losers, If you want to back out, now is the time. I do not want a repeat."
The all are sullen, and nod. No need to elaborate on what would be repeated. They all knew and no it wouldn't happen again.
10. A Wondrous Place - Mark Mancina (5:20)
Never had he felt so at peace, like it was okay to shut up. Like he really didn't need to cover up the awful silence.
The steam rushed up in waves, masking his view but also his presence. He wasn't worried that he didn't have his glasses on, Cougar was mere centimeters away. The salts washed against his skin, cleansing it of the impurities that he had previously shoved into it.
He let out a moan and slid down a bit so he was immersed almost entirely with water. It felt so good.
No one spoke much, only the bare necessities if at all and it was always softly said. As if a magical spell that had been placed upon them was fragile and would break at the slightest noise.
Never had he felt so at peace.
Never had they not heard him speak, drowning the silence.
11. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Emilie Simon (2:42)
Jail was not fun. Sure, it's not like it was maximum security but still. As soon as he walked in the hungry eyes of the inmates was upon him. It was weird, he was used to people staring at him because he was being obnoxious, not like he was a piece of meat to be devoured.
The only saving grace was that he was gay. So this wouldn't be quite so traumatizing when they decided to rape him. Of course he would fight like a bitch and definitely not want to mess with him again, but he knew to prepare mentally in case his plan didn't work out. It probably wouldn't.
12. He Lives In You - Lebo M (2:41)
Jensen had always had issues feeling like he belonged. Abandoned at birth, told he was a mistake everyday by his deranged mom. Then he didn't know when to shut up and was smarter than everyone his age throughout most of his life.
The army was no different, the same kinds of people ordered him around and tried to make him do their bidding. The difference now though was he had just as much training as them and way more ... because he talked to much and his commanding officer didn't like it. So he knew he could defend himself.
It wasn't until Clay and his team that he truly felt he belonged though.
They looked out for each other and he didn't have to always be on his guard. It was nice.
13. Milkshake - Goodnight Nurse (2:28)
All the Losers stared at him as Jensen walked out of his room, their mouths slightly agape. Even Roque.
Jensen had taken his weirdness to another level. The soft clicking of his boots marked his passage as he paid them no mind. The laced up leather knee highs clicked on the hard wood. Black lace brushed against them as it swished. The corset around his torso was black and red, lace all the way.
He finally turned at the door and grinned "I may not have milkshakes, but I bring them boys to the yard"
They all looked away but for Aisha. She was wondering were the hell he had gotten the make-up from.
14. Intuition - Natalie Imbruglia (3:24)
No one had seen it coming. Well Heather had guessed, but she never thought she'd actually see the day.
"Okay guys, stop glaring at him. He isn't going to hurt me and no I will not allow you to talk to him. I like this one."
Holly had brought her boyfriend home while her uncles and Aisha were in. The poor kid looked like he was going to pee his pants. She wondered if it was Roque fingering his knife (she had thought she'd gotten them all...) Pooch with his gun in hand or the combination of Cougar and Jensen. Clay and Aisha were looking fairly harmless at the moment but Holly was obviously not taking any chances. He would stay with her at all times during this visit.
15. You can Still be Free - Savage Garden (4:19)
He gazed at the stars. They were so tiny and so far away from this angle, but he knew, they were huge and would destroy him in an instant if he saw them up close.
He tried to focus on that and only that. No longer would he linger on feelings of betrayal, of pain. Maybe Roque had a point, even if he had been a bastard about showing it. The Losers needed freedom, not revenge. That meant nothing about him though, he would avenge those kids and his team. But now he realized he needed to look at it differently, they all needed a break every now and then and if they did want to help him they would always be free to leave.
He would be a one man army if it was needed.
Clay sighed, the stars. The stars. Focus on the stars, so big yet tiny. Just like his problems now, in retrospect.
They crossed the sky slowly, never stopping 'flight'
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Number 5 almost made me tear up while I was writing it :( The image I got in my head was intense, that's probably why I defaulted to poetry to get the point across. But wow, a grey world that one was.
Oh, if anyone wants to use these as if they were prompts go ahead. I kind of want to continue some of them but I won't so feel free to use them however you like.
I added five more 'cause I was on a role. It is the same format/rules as the first one, different songs and longer. I realized I have quite the collection haha, such variety of music. I don't usually think about it.
