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Two years after Ben Richards took down the Network, he finds Evan McCone in a bar in Houston, wanting nothing more than to confide in someone who knows what The Running Man does to a person.
McCone just wants a drink. And to forget everything that’s ever happened to him.
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“You’re listed as the emergency contact for your husband, Ben Richards. This is Houston General Hospital, your husband has been in an accident, and it’s best you come down as soon as possible.”
Evan’s world stops.
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“You wanna go out tonight?”
Evan quirks his head at Ben. “I mean, sure, but why?”
Ben shrugs. “Wanna show you off.” He smiles. “I love you.”
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In early 2020, Ben Richards meets a man he only knows as Evan. And maybe falls in love with him.
In late 2025, Ben Richards meets Chief Hunter McCone while on the run from the entire fucking nation.
There's no way these two events are at all related. Right?
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There’s no way that the video Killian showed him was real. Right? Ben already knows they can doctor convincing footage, hell, they’ve done it to him enough in the past two weeks. Ben shakes his head. He has to be sure. Has to know before he tries to convince McCone to join him in this fight. Has to try .
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Ben wants McCone to join him in this revolution. McCone's just looking out for himself.
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My series of Sandman and Dreamling one shots that more or less all exist in the same universe
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Running meant hunger.
But for a runner like Ben Richards, it meant more than one kind of hunger.
Updates Fridays and, if I get comments from four or more people on a Friday chapter, the following Monday. (Yes, I'm bribing you to comment on this work.)
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29 Jun 2026
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what's it take to get your number? what's it take to bring you home? (you can take me hot to go) by davidbyrne for cryinginthebronco
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
09 Jan 2024
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Dr. Bradshaw scans Jake’s file, no doubt seeing the long list of previous visits, ranging from a fishing hook in his hand (an unfortunate accident) to when he collapsed from dehydration (he had an undiagnosed bout of bronchitis). He glances back at Jake, keeping his face tilted down. The whole thing shows Jake just how long the doctor’s eyelashes are.
“Yes, I can see you have more tenure here than I do. Rest assured, Mr. Seresin. You’re in good hands.”
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5 times jake asks his hot er doc out and 1 time he says yes
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05 Jun 2026
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“I’m in love with a man who wears jorts,” Jake deadpans, “I can’t sink any lower.”
“You saw your dad’s frosted tips, right?” Mav snorts.
I heard that pings on both their phones, and then You loved my hair, honey.
“Please don’t flirt in the group chat,” Jake groans and he escapes to make dinner. He’ll do better tomorrow.
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04 Jun 2026
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Everything that happens on the carrier is clockwork; there’s no variation that Jake has noticed in anyone’s behavior or actions unless he initiates something. The changes he effects are inconsequential and the end result is always the same: Bradley dies.
And dies. And dies.
(Jake gets another chance at the mission, and then another, and another. At a certain point they stop feeling like chances and more like foregone conclusions.)
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30 May 2026
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The bell above the door jingled, alerting Bradley that someone had entered the shop. He ducked out of the back room to find two brick walls worth of men shutting the door behind them. Sighing a little at the intrusion, despite it still being opening hours, Bradley took up position behind the counter and pasted on his best customer service smile.
Or: Bradley and Jake's first meeting goes a little bit different when there's no rivalry to stop them from aggressively falling head over heels for one another
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