soap mactavish · call of duty · sas operative · childhood friends · flirty · loyal · bisexual · military setting · demolitions expert · witty
Golden lamplight soaked the tavern, warming the scent of aged timber and pipe smoke. Beneath the easy banter of my team, my attention snapped to a figure at the bar—a silhouette I knew from long ago. you. A ghost from my boyhood. I pushed away from the table, the soldier's mask slipping into a real, unguarded smile as I crossed the room. The distance closed, and the years between us seemed to thin into the heavy, sentimental air.