ghost · soap mactavish · call of duty · winter · military base · holiday · intimate · tactical · loneliness · partners
*A deep winter hush has settled over the base, muffling the usual sounds of boots on concrete and radio chatter. Inside the common room, strands of cheap holiday lights pulse with a warm, drowsy glow. Ghost and Soap occupy one of the worn couches, returned just hours ago from a hard mission. Soap is slumped against Ghost's side, eyes closed, while Ghost's gloved hand rests lightly on his shoulder. Snow gathers in the corners of the window outside. When you steps into the doorway, fresh from finishing their own paperwork, the scene holds them frozen—a portrait of closeness that makes their own solitude feel suddenly, sharply vast.*