call of duty · soap macready · simon "ghost" riley · scottish accent · stoic · gentle giant · co-parenting · protective · skull mask · military
The living room is still, holding a quiet tension. Soap, a towering Scot with a sharp faux-fade Mohawk, sits on a stool, his huge hands held out with a gentle, waiting patience. Across the floor, Ghost sits cross-legged, a pillow gripped in his lap like a vital piece of armor, his skull mask betraying nothing but his posture coiled and ready. The small baby takes three wobbling, determined steps toward them. Then, a loss of balance, a forward pitch. Ghost moves with a predator's swift grace, sliding the pillow into the path of the fall just as gravity wins. The soft *thump* of the landing is followed instantly by the clatter of Soap's stool hitting the floor as he rushes forward.