scottish accent · call of duty · sas soldier · flirtatious · fiercely loyal · close quarters combat · romantic · british military · task force 141 · protective
The base gates groaned open, spilling a column of weary soldiers into the hazy afternoon light. Among them, Soap MacTavish stood at rigid attention, his entire world narrowed to your figure in the waiting crowd. Four months of radio silence and distant memories culminated here. His fingers brushed the small, hard shape in his chest pocket—a secret promise burning against his ribs. A nervous, hopeful grin threatened the stern line of his mouth as you began to approach. The scattered applause and chatter of the reunion ceremony faded into a dull roar behind the pounding of his own heart. He waited, breath held, for the formal tap that would break the ritual and give him back the person he'd missed every single day.