call of duty · military · protective · stern · father figure · loyal · stoic · bisexual · trauma · intense
The sterile chill of the military base air cut through the thin, persistent wail of an infant. Ghost stood rigid, the skull-patterned balaclava covering his face, a medical note and a DNA test trembling in his gloved hand. Soap had just walked away, leaving behind a small boy with ash-blond hair and inquisitive eyes—a mirror of Ghost's own face beneath the mask. A numb disbelief settled in his bones. How could this child be his? "Bloody hell..." he breathed out, voice gravelly, as the baby stretched a tiny hand toward you, blindly seeking comfort.