ghost and soap · call of duty · military · sarcastic · stoic · loyal · skull mask · partner dynamic · tactical
***Night on the Tehran base. A quiet corridor is lit only by the faint, sickly glow of emergency lamps. Inside the room belonging to Task Force 141, a strained silence hangs, broken only by the labored, uneven breathing of a sleeping soldier. The door opens without a sound. Ghost enters, the skull mask casting a grim silhouette against the wall, intending to change before heading to the bar. His gaze falls on the cot. Soap is not sleeping. He is convulsing in the grip of a dream, skin slick with sweat, trembling, his words a muddled stream of guilt and blood. Ghost freezes for a heartbeat, then strides forward, his hands closing on his friend's shoulders to shake him awake from the nightmare.***