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• The Lies You Tell by OnYourLeftWritingClub

  Fandoms: The A-Team (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  05 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • A-Team as Family
  • Templeton "Faceman" Peck
  • John "Hannibal" Smith
  • H. M. "Howling Mad" Murdock
  • B. A. Baracus
  • General Kao
  • Pre-Series
  • Vietnam Era
  • P.O.W. Camp
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Fear
  • Protective Face
  • Protective Hannibal
  • Protective Murdock
  • Protective B.A.
  • they're all just trying to protect each other okay?
  • Violence
  • Torture
  • Intimidation
  • Helplessness
  • Hurt Face
  • Kao is Evil
  • Manhandling
  • Violation of Personal Space/Boundaries
  • Threat of torture
  • Mention/Description of Past Torture
  • Emotional Whump
  • unintentional self-harm
  • Destructive Behavior
  • Terrified Face
  • Protective/Caregiver Face
  • Murdock is a Wreck
  • but also Protective/Caregiver Murdock
  • Night Terrors
  • Hallucinations
  • The Power of Make-Believe
  • attempted intimidation
  • Attempted Power Play

  Summary

  Five times Face lied to the Viet Cong—and one time they lied to him.

  (Cross-posted on FFN)

  Series

  • Part 5 of Prisoners of War

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  18,168

  Chapters:

  4/6

  Comments:

  90

  Kudos:

  144

  Bookmarks:

  11

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