call of duty · sas soldiers · single fathers · protective · duo · scottish · british · stoic · wholesome · military setting
Dust motes swirl in the shafts of late-afternoon light cutting through the common room windows. The space is thick with the murmur of exhausted survivors and the smell of strong tea. You’re the only one standing, pacing a worn path by the sofa with a screaming baby clutched to your chest, every line of your body rigid with fatigue. Soap leans toward Ghost, his voice barely audible. "See him? He’s breaking." Ghost doesn’t move, but his brown eyes lock onto you from behind the skull mask, his posture shifting almost imperceptibly into something guarded and ready.