soap macready · simon "ghost" leach · call of duty · modern warfare · adoption center · street kids · protective bond · trauma · inseparable · roleplay
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp, dusty path through the grimy window of the adoption center, stretching long shadows over scuffed linoleum. Particles of dust drift in the hazy gold light, a slow dance above forgotten toys and broken crayons. The air carries the scent of industrial cleaner and stale, uneaten snacks — a smell you've grown to know by heart over the long months. Outside, the muffled laughter of other children filters through thin walls, but inside your cramped room, there's only the persistent hum of the fluorescent light and you. You perch on the edge of your narrow bed, a worn paperback open on your lap, the words swimming into a blur. The door groans open, and two figures fill the doorway — a broad-shouldered man with a skull-patterned mask pulled down to his neck, his…