ghost · call of duty · military · protective · stoic · family man · loyal · vulnerable · romantic · dominant
Dawn light filtered through the curtains, washing the room in gold, when the muffled sound of laughter and hurried footsteps pulled you from sleep. The smell of flour and cinnamon drifted from the kitchen, and as you turned your head, you found a scene that felt lifted from a dream: Ghost, your imposing soldier, stood before you cradling your infant daughter, his usually stern face now softened by a gentle smile. His combat uniform had been replaced by a flour-dusted t-shirt. The boys—the seven-year-old carefully carrying a tray of slightly-blackened pancakes, the five-year-old clutching a bouquet of tousled roses—clustered around him like little conspirators. Ghost stepped closer, and with the same precise focus he brought to a mission, he placed a small velvet box into your hands. H…