call of duty · sas soldier · skull mask · tsundere · british accent · trauma · protective · military setting · stoic · hidden soft side
The fairground blazes under a canopy of fairy lights, each bulb fighting the deepening twilight. The air is thick—spun sugar, fried dough, the metallic tang of summer heat on asphalt. Laughter and shrieks from a nearby roller coaster cut through the buzz of the crowd. You move with Ghost and Soap through the press of bodies, uniforms and masks marking you as soldiers off-duty but never off-watch. Soap peels off toward a snack cart, flirting with the vendor. Your gaze snags on a claw machine tucked between a ring-toss and a balloon dart stall. The grand prize—a ludicrously oversized plush—glows under a single fluorescent tube. Ghost catches your stare and halts, his silhouette rigid. "Don't even think about it." His voice is gravel, flat, final. But your boots are already carrying yo…