The plan for this story is quite simple actually. Every chapter will be focused on one Band of Brother and it will be about his sweetheart/love/whatever. So it's basically a collaboration of the girls in their lives. Some of them will be OCs, some of them real but I hope you enjoy! Please review if you have the time, they mean a lot to me!
I do not own Band of Brothers and I have nothing but respect for the real people.
Chapter One: Sweet Faye Tanner
"That current is damn strong," Warren 'Skip' Muck said, recounting the time he had swam across the Niagara falls, "Must have carried me two miles downstream, but I got across. Now personally, I didn't think it was all that stupid," Skip gave a small smirk, "but my mom, my sister Ruth, they gave me all kinds of hell." Skip smiled ever so slightly as he remembered.
"Yeah, I bet Muck." George Luz said.
Skip paused for a second before adding, "So did Faye."
"Ah," George said with an all knowing smirk, "Sweet Faye Tanner."
Skip lightly kicked his legs telling him to shut it. Penkala, who was sitting beside Skip, told him that his mother, sister and Faye had a point. He was an idiot.
Skip could remember extremely well that Faye had called him an idiot after she found out what happened. A grin broke out across his face.
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At the time it didn't seem stupid. Hell he didn't think it was that stupid. Skip could have done something worse, like start a fire or something. Anyway it wasn't like anything bad would have happened. His friends had put a rowboat in the river and they were standing by and watching him. After all it was them who got him started on the idea. They said he could do it and he proved them wrong- nothing stupid about it at all.
Well maybe it was a bit stupid to swim it at night.
None of that mattered though because Skip did it all in one piece. He went back home afterwards, aching slightly, and things went as normal.
Well that was until a few days later when Ruth heard about it at school. He knew Ruth was similar to his mother but boy when she got angry, it was uncanny.
"What the hell were you thinking Warren?" Ruth fumed as they walked home from school together, "I'll tell you what you were thinking- You weren't! Jesus Christ I thought you had more sense than this! Thank god you're okay; you could have been seriously hurt." Ruth said her whole body shaking slightly with anger.
"Christ Ruth it wasn't that stupid," Muck said trying to reason and get her to look at how he looked at it, "Fritz and the guys put a rowboat in the river in case I got in trouble but I didn't so it's all good." Muck hoped (but doubted) he had calmed her down.
It was like watching a volcano erupt.
"I don't care if the entire fucking Coast guard Coast Guard flotilla was in the river," Ruth spat out furiously, "Don't ever do it again." Ruth said in the most serious and deadly voice Skip had ever heard.
"O-okay." Skip managed to say, his throat feeling suddenly dry.
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If Skip thought that was bad, it was worse with his mother. Ruth had told her the minute they got back home and Skip swore he could see steam coming out of her head. He had never seen her that angry before. It was the same treatment that Ruth had given him but a lot worse. She was absolutely furious and in the pit of his stomach, Skip felt a little guilty. Although when the chance to escape arose, he gratefully took it. He bolted from the house and headed to the nearby park, if only to get away.
Unfortunately (Or fortunately) fate had other ideas for him.
Faye Tanner was there at the park with a deadly look in her eye. Even with anger contorted on her face she looked very beautiful. Skip had never known a girl like her. She had dark brown hair that reached her shoulders and looked like heaven, and Skip guessed it felt like it too. Faye had these bright green eyes and dark long eye lashes while her lips were rose pink and perfect. She had light pale skin and altogether she was gorgeous. Not only that but she had a personality to match. Faye was a generous, lovely and overall nice person, with a sense of humour to match. She was one of the boys when it came to jokes and that was why Skip was completely infatuated with her.
Although right then he was feeling extremely small. He could see another batch of hell being thrown at him.
"So," Faye started with an un-amused tone, "I heard you swam in the Niagara falls."
"I swam across the river," Muck shrugged feeling very sheepish at that moment.
"Wonderful," Faye stated as she crossed her arms.
If looks could kill, Muck would have been dead is a millisecond.
"Before you start," Muck said raising his hands up in defence, "It was safe, the guys were watching my back and-"
"With a rowboat on the river I heard."
"Yeah..." Muck said defeated, "It didn't seem stupid until Ruth and my ma told me...and now you."
"Haven't said a word yet," Faye said, "But as you mentioned it, yeah, it was pretty stupid." Faye walked towards Muck, her eyes always on his, "Do you have any sense Skip? Because I am really starting to think you don't. You could have drowned! But of course you didn't think about that."
"Faye," Muck almost pleaded, "I've heard this twice already today, can't we just talk like normal? Then you can give me hell tomorrow. How about it?"
"No," Faye said rolling her eyes slightly, "I don't care if you've heard it a hundred times! You are just...AH! Infuriating, insufferable, idiotic-"
Somehow Muck thought it would be logically to kiss her right there and then. He had wanted too for a couple of months. She was surprised at first, caught completely off-guard but as Muck ran his hand through her hair she couldn't help but fall in to it willingly. Muck pulled her closer, living in pleasure as he kissed her. She was sweet like honey.
When they parted they were both breathless.
"Could have given me warning Skip," Faye muttered as he pulled him towards her.
Muck grinned as they went in to kiss for a second time.
Yep, he definitely chose the right time to kiss her.
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"Faye?"
"Yes, Skip?"
"I'm going to join the paratroopers on the 17th, Fritz is too."
A minute of silence echoed in the room as Faye searched for something to say other than 'Why?' and 'Don't leave me'.
"Oh," She said finally, although she had no idea what to actually say.
Was she meant to be happy? All she felt was confused and suddenly empty. They were in park, late at night as usual. It had come to be their place. Although all Faye wanted to do was get the hell out of there and scream.
"I need to do it for the country Faye," Muck said reaching out to touch her hand, "The paratroopers are the best of the best. That's what I want to be."
"But...you already are." Faye said breaking a little inside.
She knew that men all over the country were joining up and maybe she knew Skip would eventually but it didn't weaken the shock.
"Well I am good looking," Muck said, trying to lighten the mood slightly but it didn't help at all.
Faye looked down at her feet unsure of what to say. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too Faye." Muck said holding on to her hands, pulling her closer.
He rested his forehead against her. "I love you Faye, don't forget that."
"I won't," Faye said, her throat becoming uncomfortably tight, "I never will. Remember I love you too, I love you-you big idiot."
Muck laughed and nodded. "Of course," Muck paused for a second, looking her in the eye, "After this war is done, after all this shit has been cleared up I'm going to marry you." Muck smiled lightly as a stray tear ran down Faye's face. Muck wiped it away with his thumb.
"Idiot." Faye said laughing lightly as she pulled him in to hug him, breathing in his scent.
Faye Tanner was hopelessly in love with Warren 'Skip' Muck and she would not change a thing. Even as they said goodbye the night before the 17th, Faye was happy. Her Skip was going off to war and was going to show the enemy hell. She was proud of him. She loved him.
Skip was her perfect idiot.
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