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Letters to a sailor

-- This is very different from the fics I usually write but I am reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and I loved that format.

Jake is ooc but what else is new, right? This has not been proofread and I am very tired so hopefully it still makes sense, also Y/N has a name in this one because it’s easier for me to write like that, sorry

I hope this doesn’t hinder your enjoyment of the fic though!

Taglist: mavswife @unsurebuttrying @dempy @peaches-1999

EDIT: I have tried to format this but when I post it resets so I am giving up for today and going to bed because it is 2am where I live... --

From Jane Falkworth to Jake Hangman Seresin

Lieutenant Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin

700 Avenger Ave,

Lemoore, California

United States

20th of December 2019,

Lieutenant,

I have been matched up with you via one of those websites that allow you to send letters to soldiers. I hope you don’t mind that I am writing this to you, although I assume you don’t if you’re on these lists anyway.

My name is Jane (26) and I am a teaching assistant in an elementary school.

It has been so long since I last wrote anyone a letter and I am very rusty, so I hope you don’t mind that this letter is very short. I promise that my next one will be longer.

You will find enclosed in this letter a chocolate bar, it is my favourite. I thought it would be strange to send you something due to arrive for Christmas without including a treat, so there it is. I hope it hasn’t broken in transit, or that if it has, that you can still enjoy it.

As you can see from my address, I live in Texas. I live in Austin, right in the middle of town and about five minutes from the school I work at. Where are you from?

Cordially,

Jane

PS. How did you get the call sign?

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

Jane Falkworth

201 Fairfax Avenue

Austin, Texas

30th of December 2019

Jane,

Hello Jane (26).

My name is Jake (33) and I am a naval pilot.

I actually didn’t know I was on one of those lists, I guess a friend thought I might need the company.

I have to thank you for your letter, it got here right in time for Christmas and I have to say it was a very nice surprise. I especially enjoyed the bar of chocolate you snuck in. I hope it didn’t weigh down the letter too much.

I’m from Texas too!

My family lives on the outskirts of Austin. They write sometimes too but not much, they prefer phone calls or video messages on the computer. My niece writes the most, she’s five and she’s starting to get the hang of making longer sentences. She tells me about her day and she sends me drawings sometimes too. Actually I think her class is doing one of those ‘write-to-a-soldier’ things too.

What do you teach?

Cordially,

Jake

PS. As for the call sign: I am a crummy speller. I miss spelled (missspelled? Miss-spelled?) something in my flight academy essays one too many times, I guess…

I was top of the class in everything except English, and I still make stupid mistakes sometimes. I truly hated that subject and my teacher was a horrible woman with big turtle shell glasses and huge scarves. She looked like Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter, I’m sure you know who that is.

She was a horrible woman and a very strict teacher. I enjoy never having to see her again..

Call signs are never nice but I guess there’s worse. This one is pretty cool if you don’t know the back story.

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From Jane Falkworth to Jake Hangman Seresin

9th of January 2020

Lieutenant Jake (33)

You mock me.

I am glad the letter got to you for Christmas and you enjoyed the chocolate. It did weigh it down a little but hey, it’s Christmas!

Did you do much for the occasion or is it just an ordinary day?

What’s flying like?

I haven’t been on planes much and even then it’s only been commercial. I assume that’s about as similar as American Football is to Rugby?

I teach english. You’ll be delighted to know that I too wear big turtle shell glasses and huge scarves. And I have been told I bear a passing resemblance to Emma Thompson on a very good day. However, I am not at all a strict (or a teacher) so I shall not be offended by your description (maybe a little).

How cute of your niece!

My class is also doing this as a writing exercise, that’s how I got the idea, actually.

I am not from Texas. I moved here from London to be with my fiancé. When the engagement failed I had already gotten this job, so I didn’t move back.

So far I like it, even if I understand almost nothing of what some people say and the temperatures are hotter than I care for.

Sincerely,

Jane

PS. I_ _ _ g _ _ _ _ _ _

PPS. It’s misspelled

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

19th of January 2020

Jane,

Christmas was okay. They didn’t do too much but we did get a special meal for Christmas eve (extra dry turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy and overcooked vegetables) and a present. I had hoped my gift would be a promotion but it was a pen instead, yipee.

Flying is hard to describe.

On the one hand it is terrifying and dangerous but it is quickly forgotten when I realise that I can almost touch the clouds.

Flying is freedom. When I’m up in the air I get to feel what so many people have dreamt of feeling, and what two men in North Carolina wanted badly enough that they built a flying death trap in 1903. It is magical.

Also yes, it is very different from commercial flights in that commercial planes don’t usually get shot at and the planes are bigger. Outside of that, flying is flying, isn’t it?

Terribly sorry for my description of Mrs Jones. I must admit we were a horrible bunch of terribly behaved children so she must not have been thrilled to see us in the last hour of every school day. We probably contributed to her bad mood.

Where do you teach?

Sorry to hear about the engagement.

I am glad to hear you like Texas. It can get pretty hot, but it’s December so you should be okay?

How was your Christmas? Did you go back home?

Also where is home?

I have never been to England but I have always wanted to. Maybe I should take leave… I have always wanted to see London and maybe Leicester (I like their soccer team), do you know anywhere else I should visit?

Sincerely,

Jake

PS. I despise you. Is that a capital i or a lowercase L? Is there an E?

PPS. I’m going to ignore your correction. You are mean.

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From Jane Falkworth to Jake Hangman Seresin

29th of January 2020

Jake,

Is Christmas really Christmas without dry turkey?

My mother certainly doesn’t seem to think so. Don’t tell her I said that.

Sorry about the promotion but maybe you could use the pen to write a strongly worded letter to your commander.

You may have crummy spelling (you don’t so far) but you certainly have a way with words. That was terribly poetic.

Do you get shot at often? How many seats are in your aircraft?

Also, in response to your question (“Outside of that, flying is flying, isn’t it?”): I don’t know, you tell me.

Mrs Jones?

The teacher I work with is a Mrs Jones, her name is Elisabeth. If it is her you are talking about then I second everything you have said and I must tell you that no, she is just an unpleasant woman. I’m fairly certain she is stealing my lunches too.

Don’t be sorry, he was a prick. Cheated on me with my best friend at our engagement party and told me about it on my birthday the following year. They are getting married in June. I wish them the best, they deserve each other.

Are you in a relationship?

It is still too hot, I want snow.

I stayed here for Christmas and celebrated with a skype call to my family, a large mug of tea and a Hallmark movie (do you think Hallmark movie directors have Chad Michael Murray on speed dial?) while my cats spent the entire day ignoring me.

Home is in Leicester actually. Don’t go, it’s a uni town and there’s nothing there. Although if our paths ever meet I will take you to see them play. It’s football, not soccer.

London is nice but almost always busy. That being said, you absolutely should visit if you can, it’s worth it. The Lake District is very nice, and maybe travel down to Canterbury.

Sincerely,

Jane

PS. Capital i. There is no E.

PPS. How dare you.

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

8th of February 2020

Jane,

I shall write to your mother posthaste, she must know what a terrible daughter you are.

This isn’t Star Trek, I don’t have a commander. I have addressed my strongly worded letter to my Admiral instead. Please look over it and tell me what you think:

“Admiral

Pay me more, I deserve it.

Cordially,

Jake Hangman Seresin.”

I don’t get shot at too often but I wanted to impress you.

I’m on my own in the cockpit, I like it that way.

It’s not too different. The physics is the same, we just have to do everything ourselves and the aircrafts are faster. And, like I previously mentioned, there’s guns.

Elisabeth Jones was my teacher!

Glad to know I was right. Please keep an eye out on my niece, I don’t want her to have as bad a time with Mrs Jones as I did. Her name is Juliette Clark.

Yikes. What a piece of work. Glad to know you’re not too broken-hearted.

No girlfriend for me. My last relationship was with the daughter of a state trooper back in high school. He scared the living daylights out of me and I signed up for the navy soon after. Never really met anyone I wanted to go steady with since then.

Can I be honest? I don’t think I have ever seen snow. Google says it snows on average once every ten years in Texas, so I should have had three snowfalls by now. I don’t know how I missed them all.

Also yes, they definitely have him on speed dial. My sister likes him. Please send a picture of your cat. I need it. I have a dog called Maisie at home, she’s nice enough unless you open the fridge. She will fight you to get to the bacon and she will win.

I will happily accept your offer to see Leicester play. Maybe they might even win. It’s soccer, not football.

Canterbury has been added to the list of places to visit.

What do you think of Birmingham? I have a friend who lives there.

Sorry if this letter is short, we ship out in the morning and I haven’t packed yet. I probably won’t be able to write while I am gone but I will write when I am back. Don’t let that stop you from sending me a letter, they’ll put it in my room when they distribute the mail.

Sincerely,

Jake

PS. Damn. Is there an A?

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From Jane Falkworth to Jake Hangman Seresin

18th of February

Jake,

First of all, good luck!

Second of all, did you have to google the word ‘posthaste’?

Third of all, that letter sounds good. Send it and tell me what he replies.

No need to exaggerate, I am already very impressed. Doesn’t it get lonely up there all by yourself? Do you get scared?

Juliet is an angel of a child and I will protect her at all costs. I am not just saying that because she brought me a pack of my favourite snacks last Tuesday, why do you ask?

In all seriousness, I keep an eye out for all of them. I don’t want them to have a bad time in class. How cute of you to ask, though.

What did that state trooper do to scare you off?

‘Going steady’? Goodness gracious, have we gone back to the 50s?

You’ll meet someone, I’m sure. You sound like an absolute catch in your letters, I can only imagine you’re even more charming in person.

Snow is magnificent. It coats everything in a beautiful white blanket and it makes me want to stare out my window for hours on end. I like it best when it is fresh, though, right after it has fallen and right before people can mess it up with their dirty shoes. I don’t mind seeing some animal footprints, though, they make it more magical.

I like Chad Michael Murray, he is dreamy. Your sister has good taste.

A picture of my cats is enclosed but sadly, I could only find one picture and it included me. Can I have a picture of Maisie?

Don’t be too hopeful about Leicester. I pity your friend who lives in Birmingham.

Where were you shipped off to? Did it go well?

Can you even tell me about it?

Sincerely,

Jane

PS. I_ _ _ g _ _ _ a _ _

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

17th of March 2020

Dear Jane,

I did have to google it, sue me.

I sent it, he laughed.

If it’s all the same to you, I would rather forget about flying for a little bit. So, I won’t reply to those questions.

Juliet is so precious. I love her so much.

You sound like a very kind person. I would have liked to have you as my teaching assistant back in the day. Or maybe not, I wouldn’t be talking to anyone now then.

I like our letters. They keep me company. I don’t love books but I reread them often whenever I need something to entertain me. That game of hangman is killing me, I have no idea what it could be, can I have a hint?

I walked in to ask her to prom only to find him cleaning a gun at the kitchen table. He looked me in the eyes with the world’s most evil stare and said “Don’t forget I know how to use one of these, boy. So don’t go hurtin’ my little girl.” I think I ran out the door.

Haha, mock me for my use of ‘going steady’ but admit it, you think it’s sweet.

You flatter me. You’ll find that I am much nicer on paper, I was voted ‘Biggest Jackass’ on base last year. I got a trophy.

I’ve seen snow in movies. It always looks so nice. Kind of like a marshmallow blanket over the world.

Chad Michael Murray is dreamy, I agree. I have been told I look like him, though, so maybe it is just my vanity speaking. I have sent a picture of Maisie and me. I felt it was only fair you knew what I looked like.

Is it appropriate to tell you that I think you look very nice in the picture you sent me? If it isn’t then I won’t tell you. I won’t lie though, I don’t see much Trelawney in you, maybe some Emma Watson.

I have passed on your opinion of Birmingham to my friend, they agree. It has been struck off the travel list.

Sincerely,

Jake

PS. N?

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From Jane Falkworth to Jake Hangman Seresin

27th of March 2020

Dear Jake,

Are you alright?

I am here if you need someone.

I like our letters too. But I am offended by your opinion on books. How can you not love books? I think you simply haven’t found the right one.

My favourite book is Pride and Prejudice, I’m not sure you would like it (It’s a romance) but it got me into reading in my early teens. I was sucked in and now I am very ashamed to say that I am slowly being invaded by paperbacks. I would tidy them but I have never been able to successfully put up an ikea shelf and I don’t know anyone who could help.

You get one hint, either a letter or a definition. You choose.

That is terrifying. I would have run too.

I do think it’s sweet Jake… It annoys me.

Sadly, your attempts at making me dislike you have failed. You are a delight to correspond with and I shall keep on believing so until I meet you and you change my mind. I do think it is hilarious that they sent you a trophy, I would pay to see it.

Maisie is precious and you do look like Chad Michael Murray. Only, you’re buffer and I like you better.

It is entirely appropriate of you to tell me that. I would like you to do so again, in fact. If you’re lucky I might tell you that I think you’re rather handsome yourself.

When are you next in Texas?

We should meet.

Love,

Jane

PS. In _ _ g n _ _ a n _

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

20th of March 2020

Dear Jane,

Meet me at the coffee shop on 2000 E 6th Street on 04/05/2020

I will be waiting for you (with Maisie) at 3 PM.

Don’t be late,

Love,

Jake

PS. I’ll take a definition please. T?

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Jane was unreasonably nervous arriving at the coffee shop. She had been there before but only for a quick pickup during her lunch break in order to scout out the place. The interior was modern, with large leather sofas to sit on and the coffee had been decent.

She knew what Jake looked like thanks to his picture and while she had secretly taken out the picture and studied his face multiple times before he replied to her last letter, she was scared she wouldn’t recognise him. Just to be safe, Jane had brought the picture.

It hadn’t been necessary, Jake was taller than everyone by a foot and twice as handsome. He held a small Jack Russel by a lead and was trying to stop it from running straight into traffic.

She walked up to him and gently tapped his shoulder.

“Jesus Christ, you scared me! Hi!” He said with a smile showing a row of colgate white teeth. He looked even more handsome in person, and worst of all, he smelled amazing too.

Jane wasn’t scared to admit that she had developed quite the crush on Jake over the last few months but she was scared to admit how fast her crush was turning into something more. She hadn’t even met the man for a full minute for Christ’s sake.

“You look nice” She said

“Love the accent” He winked “Shall we go inside? I am dying for a cup of coffee”

You followed him in. Clearly, Jake was a regular as Maisie started pulling the lead almost as soon as he had passed the threshold. He tried to herd her into the line to order.

“I swear I had her trained before I left, I don’t know what happened” He chuckled nervously. No matter what, Maisie wouldn’t listen so he gave her to Jane and she gave him her order before following the dog to an empty booth. Jake came back five minutes later with coffees in hand.

She wasn’t sure what she had been expecting from the coffee date (was it even a date? Jake had never said so, but it was implied, no?) but this wasn’t entirely it. The conversation was very pleasant and Jake was funny, but Jane was all too happy to let her feelings take the wheel. Her heart fluttered whenever he winked, she felt butterflies whenever he touched her and her brain seemed entirely incapable to think when, after having accompanied her back to her car, Jake had kissed her on the cheek.

Jane had had to have a serious talk with herself at home to remind her to get a grip. She had met Jake a few months ago, and even though they had been exchanging letters every week since, this was still their very first time meeting in the flesh. There was every possibility that Jake simply wasn’t interested in her, and that if he was, her eagerness would push him away.

So, determined not to freak him out, she let Jake write the first letter after their first meeting. It arrived only two days later, with no postage stamp. The idea that Jake had hand delivered it to her was giving her the jitters.

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From Jake Seresin to Jane Falkworth

06th of April 2020

Dearest Jane,

I am a coward.

There were so many things I wanted to tell you when we met that I was able to completely ignore the one thing that mattered: I think I may be in love with you.

I know, I know, we only really met four months ago, but it turns out that it doesn’t take much more than that for me to fall in love.

When I left on the 19th of February I thought it would be an easy mission. Just something run of the mill. But while we flew our way back to the carrier, we were attacked by two enemy planes. We were getting pelted with bullets and I panicked. I thought I was going to die and the thought of leaving your letter without a reply was more distressing to me than it probably should have been. I think I thought I might have a crush on you then.

And then, when I got your picture in the mail, I thought my heart might burst out of my chest. For the first time in my life, I felt butterflies in my stomach. I was in love.

I am in love, Jane.

You are a kind, gentle, clever and incredibly funny woman. I value the time we spent writing to each other immensely and I would love for us to get to know each other in person. I understand if you want to take it slow or if you’re not interested at all, but I needed to tell you on the off-chance that you feel the same.

I hope to hear from you again

Yours,

Jake

PS. I asked my sister what she thought and she thinks the word is ‘incognizant’. Are we right?

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[ chase sui wonders | demi-girl | she/they | twenty-one ] —— it’s just another typical week in hawkins i guess — isn’t that right, mingzhu tuan? huh, guess they can’t hear me over rapture by blondie playing on their walkman, but it looks like they’re headed to class at an roane community college and work at milton’s electronics. did you know misty has been in hawkins for nine years? yeah, they’ve been described as a bit heedless, but i suppose them also being adroit outweighs the negative. i’ve also heard people say they remind them of never living up to your potential, a closet full of hoodies, forged prescriptions … however, that could just be this weeks newest rumor.

the basics.

name. mingzhu tuan. other names. misty, mists. birth date. january 13th, 1966. age. twenty-one. gender. demi-girl. pronouns. she/they. orientation. bisexual. species. human. nationality. american. ethnicity. chinese, white. current location. hawkins, indiana. current living conditions. lives in a small studio apartment right above milton's electronics.

birth place. fairfax, virginia. social class. middle class. education. high school graduate, currently working towards an undergraduate degree. parents. laura milton (née tuan), mother ; george milton, stepfather. siblings. elizabeth "sissy" milton, younger half-sister. other relationships. edwin hyder, biological father. occupation. computer engineering student at roane community college, head manager at milton's electronics.

general headcanons.

▫ born in fairfax, virginia, it had always been misty and their mom for most of their life, their dad practically zipping out of town the moment laura tuan told him she was eight weeks pregnant, especially after she had been disowned by her own parents. it hadn't been easy, being just the two of them, but misty's mother always made do, always made them feel like they weren't alone.

▫ unlike most cliches, misty actually welcomed the presence of a stepfather into her life pretty easily. george milton was a good man, treated her mother like the queen she is, and brought gifts for misty every time he visited. it wasn't long before george and her mother got married, misty being the maid-of-honor at the wedding, of course.

▫ the only caveat to george and laura's marriage? they had to move to hawkins, because george had to take over the family business, or whatever. see, fairfax wasn't the pinnacle of city living, but to misty, it beat living in middle-of-nowhere, indiana, especially right as they were approaching teenhood. still, there were some good things to come out of the move, such as misty discovering the new love of their life-- computers. they pored over the electronics george sold at the store, assembling and disassembling them to figure out just how they worked. it was a no-brainer that they were to work at milton's electronics, and for that, the move was made a little bit easier.

▫ misty never adjusted to life in hawkins, not really, always proclaiming herself as an outcast by choice, preferring to stay with their machines and gadgets. she had above-average grades, and at school she was the president of the hawkins high school av club-- though also possibly being its sole member. either way, misty blended into the background in high school, which she preferred just fine.

▫ milton's electronics was the only store of its kind in hawkins-- that is, until, starcourt rolled into town, bringing with it its new-fangled wares and radioshack. why, startcourt almost drove milton’s electronics into the ground! luckily, the place survived, even after an earthquake and the resurgence of starcourt, but that doesn’t mean the place isn’t struggling.

▫ misty is aware that her parents are keeping it a secret from her, but she knows that the store isn’t doing so well, which is why she decided to study at the community college rather than take that scholarship to that fancy tech school in massachusetts. of course, their parents don’t know that that’s why they decided to stay in hawkins– in fact, their parents think they didn’t get the scholarship in the first place, and while misty is often berated for this assumption, they believe it’s better for their parents to think that their kid wasn’t good enough for a scholarship rather than them knowing the real reason behind it.

▫ they currently live in a studio apartment right above milton's, proclaiming some sense of independence from their parents, despite the fact that they still have dinner with george and laura almost every evening. still, they kind of run the place now, george giving them the freedom to do whatever in the store as they please, as long as it's within budget, which misty tries to follow.

▫ while they mainly work at milton’s electronics, misty has had a pretty booming side-business in forgery, tracing all the way back to their humble beginnings in high school, forging excuse letters and hall passes. nowadays, she keeps the side hustle to a minimum, but for the right price she can divvy up a forgery worthy of the MET, or whatever. i reckon she got in trouble for it once and got too spooked to make it a consistent thing, but it’s not like they’re completely opposed to it !

#hawkinstm.intro

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