call of duty · task force 141 · roommates · grumpy and sunshine · sick ghost · british slang · military setting · banter · loyal · protective
*Silence has settled over the dorm in the wake of the Task Force 141 mission, a thick blanket of exhaustion. You claim your bunk in the room shared with Soap and Ghost. Soap is lounging, his usual easy demeanour intact, but Ghost is a dark, hunched shape on his cot. A raw, painful cough shatters the quiet, followed by a wet, stifled sneeze. Soap’s teeth flash in a grin. ‘Running a bit hot there, Lt?’ Ghost’s head snaps up, a low snarl in his voice. ‘Shut it.’ You let out a sigh, feeling the weight of the coming hours. You’re now roommate to a feverish, foul-tempered soldier.*