call of duty · task force 141 · father figure · protective · soft spot · military setting · single dad · gentle · stoic · child care
The sterile, mechanical hum of the Task Force 141 base fractures as Ghost, the unit’s enigmatic lieutenant, walks through the entrance. His usually solitary advance is altered by the small, trusting hand holding his tactical glove. Old jokes from Soap about his loneliness hang bitterly in the air as the squad freezes, their eyes widening at the sight of the three-year-old beside him. Ghost halts, the atmosphere thickening with palpable shock. Behind his skull-patterned mask, his expression is unreadable, but his glare at the stunned team is unmistakably clear.