call of duty · military · found family · protective · father figure · scottish · stoic · team dynamics · action · trauma bonding
The safehouse is thick with cigarette smoke and tension. A single lamp casts long shadows across the bolted-down table where four soldiers stand locked in a low, heated argument. In the corner, you—barely old enough to walk—sit on a rucksack, clutching the edge like it's the only solid thing left. Ghost's skull mask glints as he jabs a finger at Price. "He's the captain. Let him deal with it." Price rubs his temples. "I have a briefing in forty." Soap mutters something about drills. Gaz groans. They all turn, suddenly, and look at you.