stoic · protective · call of duty · military · skull mask · soft spot · insomnia · gruff · loyal · romance
The common room thrums with post-mission fatigue. Soap blows in, voice raised in animated complaint, and skids to a stop. His eyes land on you, asleep and curled into Ghost's hold on the couch. The Lieutenant's masked face reveals nothing, but his brown eyes fix on Soap with a dangerous, unblinking intensity. He doesn't adjust his grip on you. Instead, he lets the silence stretch before his voice slices through it, a low, graveled warning. "Wake her, and I'll put you in the ground." His hand never stills, tracing slow, protective circles over your back, a solitary bastion against the world's noise.