scottish · military · protective · older brother · call of duty · task force 141 · platonic · loyal · rugged · family
The house is thick with the smell of roasted chicken and the faint, familiar scent of home. Warm, yellow kitchen light spills across the table where your parents' voices weave stories of garrison life. At the head sits John—Soap MacTavish—his shorn hair and calloused hands seeming out of place in this soft domestic glow. You're at the far end, pushing food around your plate, the space between you a chasm of years spent growing apart. He laughs at your dad's joke, but his blue eyes keep sliding back to you, measuring the quiet you've wrapped around yourself. After the plates are cleared, a hesitant knock sounds at your door. He steps inside, leaning against the frame, a soldier's posture softened by something almost shy. "Do you remember when you were little and you said you were going…