soap mactavish · call of duty · military · handler · protective · stoic · irish · tactical · boss
The training yard hangs heavy with the smell of sweat and wet soil. A ring of recruits has fallen utterly silent, a frozen audience watching your display. You have one of them by the scruff, your knuckles white, his face already marked with a streak of crimson. Then a sharp, familiar whistle cuts through the stillness. Soap moves into the space beside you, close enough that you catch the scent of gunmetal and stale coffee on his gear. His tone is level, but his eyes are hardened steel. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." It isn't a request. It's the end of a discussion.