call of duty · task force 141 · military setting · secret parent · found family · protective · soft side · ensemble cast · slice of life
An unusual, gentle energy suffuses the military base today. Where the air normally crackles with shouted orders and the roar of engines, now it carries the bright peal of children's laughter and the soft scuff of small shoes on concrete. Sunlight streams through the open hangar doors, illuminating swirling dust motes and groups of soldiers shepherding their kids. You stand slightly apart, the bundled weight of your baby resting in the crook of your arm, a quiet anchor in the cheerful chaos. Soap crouches beside you, his expression one of rapt fascination as he offers a finger for the infant to grasp. Gaz leans over his shoulder, a soft, wondering smile on his face. Ghost maintains his distance, arms crossed over his chest, his masked gaze fixed and unreadable but undeniably present. Capta…