The overlapping scars.

Tyson has a scar on his left shoulder where Sebastian cut him, it is overlapped by a scar from Lily biting him.

How to make Tyson agreeable

Get him drunk. When Tyson is drunk he will agree to nearly any request.

At Anon's request: Nice Sebastian.

‘Go on rain, make it a perfect set of disasters’ Tyson mentally threatened the grey clouds. He was already soaked, rain wouldn’t make that much of a difference. His damp hair stuck to his forehead in that irritating I can only see a millimetre of you but it’s enough that I can’t not see it way that damp hair possesses. He was sat with his knees pulled up to his chest, his dog-tags balanced on his left knee.
Sebastian sat down next to Tyson on the stone wall. “Cheer up, would ya?”

Tyson looked away from the older man. “Go away, Sebastian. I’m not in the mood.”

Sebastian gave Tyson a nudge, “I know. I’m not after a lay, just want to see you smile Ty.”
Tyson stood up and made to storm off. Sebastian hooked an arm around his waist and pulled him back down. Tyson let himself be manhandled onto the wall.

“I brought some fish and chips.” Sebastian held up the porsolin box as a peace offering. Tyson frowned in confusion.

“We’re in India and you managed to find fish and chips. You really are a Brit through and through.”

Sebastian shrugged opening the box and handing Tyson a wooden fork. “Apparently this place is popular with British backpackers.” Tyson nodded glumly, nibbling on a piece of batter from what tasted like Cod but could easily be Haddock.

Sebastian sighed, then wrapped an arm around Tyson neck, giving his shoulder a squeeze.
“If you hadn’t taken him out he would have taken me out.” Tyson said nothing.

Sebastian placed the vinegar drowned food down on the wall with a heavy hand making the chips move from being beached on one pile of salt to a slightly smaller one.

“Why does this bother you so much? You’ve killed before.”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

Sebastian could see he wasn’t going to get anything out of Tyson. “Eat.” He handed Tyson the inedible food then got up to walk back into the village.

Tyson gave the food a couple more tries before concluding that Sebastian didn’t understand condiments weren’t too be used like milk.

Sebastian returned during Tyson’s attempts to drink enough water to remove the taste of salt. “Here.” 

Sebastian handed Tyson a well read leather bound book. Tyson read the worn spine, “a course in pure mathematics?”

“I thought it would cheer you up.” Tyson leaned forward and hugged Sebastian.

“Thank you.” 

Sebastian smiled, “Any time.” He, rather unwisely, took a bite from the fish before spitting it out. “Oh God, thats saltier than the bleedin’ red bloody sea.” Tyson smiled fondly and….

Tyson woke up from the dream. He made his way to the bookcase, ignoring Lily barks of welcome, and took down the book. He sat down on the floor with his back to the wall and ran two tentative fingered along the spine. He missed those days, when Sebastian was sober, back when he cared about Tyson.

Playlist

[[This is more for my benefit encase I delete it by mistake, but still it might be of interest.]]
The stars represent how the songs change Tyson's mood, the further left the worse the mood the further right the better. Playing these songs in this order keeps him in the content mood with him bouncing around the room.

As always click to make it bigger. The list bellow the cut is why each song puts him in that mood.

Smooth

Aside from the occasional two day stumble he has a smooth face, because his father had a beard which he grew to loath.

That went well...

Nearby Mirgarh Sebastian set fire to the dry grass with the end of his cigarette nearly destroying their supplies.

Rolling the tags.

When Tyson is nervous he'll role his dog-tags in his fingers.

Wrong arm

He has a jagged scar on his right wrist, caused by Razor [a dog from his first class] bitting the wrong arm, the one without the protector on it during attack training.

Central Scar

In the centre of his chest there is a small scar where Sebastian's knife went through his tags during an argument in Pakistan.

Danny boy

When Sebastian's beating were particularly vicious Tyson would sing Oh Danny boy because it is what Jethro sung to Tyson when he was young.

Lily is part Dhole.

Lily is part Dhole, a wild dog found in Pakistan, despite her coat being from a Dalmatian mother. Dhole was chosen because it is a wild dog that can breed with domesticated dogs and has been reported in Pakistan.

This was first referenced in this post.

Turn on or turn off? Round up.

Q: Being tied up. Kiss of the neck. Being called kiddo. Having hair pulled. Tickling.
A: Turn on, but only when it’s with a tie.

Turn on, my neck is extremely sensitive.

Turn off.

Turn on/off, it depends on the scenario.

Turn off. [[I would like to point out that whilst I made Tyson answer these he was blushing so hard I thought he’d turn claret. Also I know this was you, Peter.]]

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Q: Harsh kissing. Being told to suck someone off. Being ridden. Having hickeys. Wearing restrictive clothing.

A: Turn on.

Turn on.

Turn off.

Turn on.

Turn off.

[[He is now so red he matches his shirt. #Pats adoringly.#]]

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Q: Being leashed. Predicament bondage (forced to retain good posture to avoid shock/heat/etc). Being marked. Being fucked hard. Being petted. Being teased for a long time before release. Being overstimulated.

A: Turn on. 

Turn off.

Turn on.

Turn on, sometimes depends on the person.

Depend which you mean. The one most teens do: turn on. As in puppy: neither it’s just comforting.

Depends on how long a long time is but normally turn on.

Turn on.

[[I think you just broke him. He was stuttering for a good thirty seconds before he’d answer. Currently he’s a dark scarlet…]]

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Q: Sex in public. Electricity. Swearing. Sex with virgins. Biting. Spooning

A: Turn off.

Turn off.

Depends on the word.

Not really either.

Turn on.

Neither, but I love spooning, or cuddling, or any variation where I’m being held or holding someone.

[[Anon, this was cruel he’d only just stopped blushing.]]

The women in Khushab.

Whilst on his first journey through Pakistan Tyson had few opportunities to talk to anyone other than Sebastian but he did have one conversation with a young women who gave him money to help on his travel, she said that 'he reminded her of her brother, and that she wished him well on his journey'. The money lasted for five weeks after meeting the women in Khushab.

Middle East time graph.

Each square across is a month, the graph shows the time he spend in the Middle East between Tyson deserting the army and Tyson returning to Britain, via a trip across Europe.

Sunstroke number one.

Drakalo was where he first passed out because of the heat. The doctor who took care of him spoke very little English, so when Tyson first came to he tried to runaway but only managed to get two metres before collapsing.

Under the trees.

Tyson kept as close to trees as he could in Pakistan. He enjoyed the relative cool the shade provided, during the day time trips he passed out from heat strokes twice. The first time he was in a village and a doctor took care of him. The second time he had been found and moved to a village where a hospital checked him over.

Monastery Mishap

When he stayed in the monastery in Pakistan he stayed because he thought it would be safe to stay there as the military would be cautious to enter a religious area, and when they did it would  only be one or two of them. He was correct. When they entered a monk helped him out through the Southern entrance to the monastry and gave him a canteen of water for the journey.

Jethro?

Anonymous24 July 2012 09:59

Why is he called Jethro?

Tyson's brother is called Jethro because it means overachieve which is a trait their father would want in a son.

Going the distance

He travelled by day once he was with Lily because he knew the army would expect him to go by night so during the day he could build up a good distance.

North vs South

Despite it being the part of Pakistan he explored with Sebastian, Tyson enjoyed the north of Pakistan better than the south. Mainly because he doesn't enjoy being in the heat for too long and with Sebastian most of the travelling was done by night and by day they stayed in the shade to sleep.