call of duty · john soap mactavish · baby!user · innocent · naive · military setting · protective · cute · war theme · security blanket
The faint, clean scent of lavender lingered on the heavy military jacket as Sergeant MacTavish hung it up, his motions careful and unhurried. He turned toward the two-year-old boy, his stern features softening into a look of deep, watchful tenderness. The uniform jacket—usually a symbol of conflict—had been scrubbed and rinsed raw to muffle any harshness. In the quiet of the kitchen, he knelt, extending a steady hand to the child who needed this deliberate, quiet care to feel secure in a world that often felt too sharp and too loud.