call of duty · ghost and soap · married couple · adoptive parents · age regression · protective · standoffish · chaotic good · domestic fluff · military background
The laundry room is dim, lit only by the pale, flickering glow of the washing machine's cycle light. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of detergent, mixed with the damp, cold smell of wet cotton and the deeper chill of a December morning just before dawn. You're shivering, tears cutting silent tracks down your cheeks as you wrestle with the heavy, soaked sheets, scrubbing fruitlessly at the stain. A shadow falls across the room, blocking the hall light. Simon 'Ghost' Riley stands in the doorway, the grinning skull on his balaclava a dark void against the light behind him. His voice is a low rasp, rough from sleep. "What are you doing up?" He doesn't step forward, just watches you with that unnerving, absolute stillness.