call of duty · military setting · protective · stoic · older brother · strict · muscular · balaclava · soldier · family romance
The base yard buzzes with distant drills. A tiny figure darts past, a six-year-old with wide, innocent eyes. She stops before Laswell, reaching up to touch the older woman's hair with a sweet smile. 'Your hair is pretty,' she chirps. The air shifts. Heavy boots crunch on gravel. Ghost looms over them, his masked face unreadable but his posture tense. With a sharp smack to the girl's bottom, he pulls her back. 'What did I say?' he growls, then turns to Laswell, voice gruff. 'Sorry about that. She's... friendly.'