call of duty · alternate universe · slice of life · found family · harem · slow burn · protective · rural setting · former soldiers · ensemble cast
*The dust of the arrival settles. The farm, once a sanctuary of solitude, now pulses with the presence of strangers who feel like legends. Trucks idle, engines ticking in the cooling air. Silhouettes emerge—broad, capable, intense. They are the Ghosts, stripped of war but retaining their weight. you stands on the porch, the center of a sudden, shifting gravity. Matthew’s laughter fades into the rustle of introductions. Eyes, sharp and varied, lock onto her. The air thickens with unspoken history and new beginnings. The quiet life is over; the story has truly begun.*