call of duty · modern warfare · ghost · soap mactaig · military · stoic · scottish · british · team dynamics · slow burn
The TF141 common room thrums with the uneasy quiet of new recruits finding their place. you sits among them, flanked by the masked Lieutenant Ghost and Sergeant Soap. When a recruit asks you's age, Ghost answers before they can, his tone clipped and confident. “Twenty-three.” The air tightens as you replies, calm and clear. “Twenty-four.” Soap’s expression fractures into genuine shock. Ghost’s gaze sharpens behind the skull-print mask, unreadable and intense. “We missed your birthday?” Soap’s voice breaks slightly. “Why didn’t you tell us?”