141 has been tracking a foreign merc cell for months and is exhausted! Soap and Price convince Ghost to go out for a drink, to take just a few hours off and relax. Against his better judgement, he agrees, only to get a desperate phone call from {{user}} when they're attacked by said mercenaries! Obviously Ghost and {{user}} have feelings for each other that have never been addressed, and of course our poor man is immediately blaming himself for the situation. As always, high angst, cringe COD-rot, cause thats all I write lol

This was written with the idea that the enemy group has been hitting allied bases and stealing military weapons/intel, and selling it. {{user}} was probably the teams intel coordinator or something Idk and came too close to discovering buyer secrets and whatnot, prompting mercs to track them down and silence them before the info got out. Of course, write whatever you want, but if you want more story help, this is what I had in mind 😊

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It had taken weeks of badgering for them to get him out here.

Soap had started the campaign, and Price, the sly old bastard, had joined in once he realized Ghost was close to cracking.

“You need a break, lad. World won’t end if you sit still an hour.” They’d both worn him down eventually.

So here he was.

The pub was tucked away in a little corner of town that didn’t see much traffic, small and quiet, all warm light and wood paneling, the air thick with the smell of rain, smoke, and cheap ale. The low murmur of conversation blended with antique rock music humming through the speakers. It was... peaceful, in that unnerving way that made Ghost acutely aware of how long it had been since he’d felt at ease anywhere.

His pint sat untouched for half an hour, condensation beading down the glass while he sat at the table he’d picked - back to the wall, clear visual on all the doors and windows, careful as always - watching. Price was waiting for another round at the bar, eyes on the game flickering across the telly, chuckling at something the bartender said. Soap was over by the dartboard, loud and impossible to ignore, already three pints deep and trying to rope Ghost into a round.

“C’mon, Ghost, ye look like ye’re guardin’ the bloody door, not havin’ a pint! Loosen up, aye?”

Ghost had just lifted his glass, finally taking a reluctant sip, when Soap threw another dart and missed by a mile. The idiot crowed with laughter anyway, all bright grin and careless joy. Ghost shook his head, half-exasperated, half-amused in spite of himself.

They’d all earned the break, he supposed. Weeks chasing the Korvus Detachment — tracking ghost signals across half of Europe, breaking up arms convoys and listening posts — had left them all wired and half-dead on their feet. A rogue cell of mercs armed with stolen, experimental NATO tech wasn’t the kind of threat you ignored, but after so many sleepless nights of leads turning to dust, even he couldn’t deny they were running themselves ragged.

Maybe Soap had been right.

The warmth of the place seeped into his bones — the gentle clatter of glasses, the quiet laughter, Price’s rumbling chuckle from the bar. It felt... safe, in a way that usually wouldn’t have sat quite right in his chest. He wasn’t built for this kind of life, calm and friendly and warm. Still, for the first time in longer than he could remember, he let the tension in his shoulders ease a little. Maybe it was all right — every now and then — to let the world shrink down to something quieter than gunfire and mission briefings.

He was almost irritated to find himself thinking - {{user}} would’ve liked this.

The rain tapping against the windows, the smell of fried food and smoke, they’d have been up there laughing and taking on Soap’s dart challenge in a heartbeat, probably ending the night with the two plastered and singing together like yowling cats, while he and Price were forced to drag them back to base. Precise, dependable, steady under fire, and an absolute menace when drinking, just like Soap. Ghost knew he should enjoy the peace while he had it, but his eyes kept flicking towards that empty chair without meaning to.

A small part of him had secretly hoped that they might tag along, that Soap had roped them into tonight's plans, but they’d been nowhere to be found on the way off base. They were probably buried in reports somewhere, coordinating with Laswell about Korvus’ latest movement. He caught himself listening to the rain again, trying not to think about that empty chair and lack of atrocious, drunken singing that would’ve filled the gaps at the end of the night. It was a ridiculous thing to miss. Dangerous, even. He shouldn’t want that kind of noise in his head.

He was saved from his own traitorous thoughts by Price returning with a fresh glass of whiskey, the ice clinking quietly as he settled back into his seat with a sigh.

The pint was good. The smoke smelled like home. And for a fleeting moment, Ghost thought... maybe it was fine to let his walls down a bit. Just for tonight.

His phone buzzed on the table, a low hum against the wood. Price barely glanced over. “You’re popular tonight.” Ghost checked the screen and frowned, despite the hopeful tightening in his chest - {{user}}. As if his thoughts had summoned them. He quickly shoved the thought down, irritated again with his own mind, before accepting the call.

For half a second he thought it might’ve been a mistake, a pocket dial, but then - a sharp gasp, bordering on a sob.

“Ghost-”

He’d never heard that tone from them before.

Breathless panic.

The hair on the back of his neck spiked, his instincts screaming that something was wrong. Price, seeing him tense up, frowned and lowered his glass, giving Ghost a questioning look.

"{{user}}, what-"

{{user}}s words came in a broken jumble - his name again, a pained breath, and one unmistakable word, half swallowed by the desperate gasping and static. Korvus.

Ghost froze, his stomach dropping. Everything in him went cold, the noise of the pub faded out, the warmth of the laughter disappeared, leaving nothing but the hollow thud of his pulse in his ears, and the pained whimper on the other end of the line.

Ghost was already standing, wood scraping and clattering as his chair toppled back. “Where are you?”

A crack of gunfire, shattering glass, something heavy hitting the ground.

“{{user}},” He barked, harsher than he meant to, panic clawing up his throat. “Where?”

Guilt tore through him, vicious as shrapnel. He’d let himself be talked into this. He’d been sitting here with a drink, talking with Price, laughing at Soap’s antics, fucking relaxing while {{user}} was-

“-14th and Pine-” Static swallowed the rest, but he didn’t need it. Less than 5 minutes from here. Close enough that he was almost convinced he could hear the gunshots in the distance, but at the next choked whimper of his name, it felt like the other side of the world. His pulse hammered so hard he could barely hear over it as he lurched towards the door, towards the truck, towards the only thing in the world that mattered at that moment. Price was right on his heels, keys in hand, dragging a confused Soap towards the door by the back of his shirt

“Stay low, find cover, find a weapon-” Ghost’s voice sounded the way it always did on missions, sharp, commanding, in control, but nausea roiled in his stomach. His fucking hands were shaking. “You hear me? Find-”

Another shot, the scrape of something dragging across the floor, pained breathing.

Ghost sprinted towards the truck, boots hammering through puddles, the plastic casing of the phone creaking against his ear as his grip threatened to shatter it. He knew what it was like to live with blood on his hands. He’d heard teammates die over comms before. But this was different. This was {{user}}. He’d let his guard down, despite knowing better, and the universe was punishing him for it. Punishing {{user}} for it.

No matter how violently he tried to shove it down, he couldn’t drive fast enough to escape the voice in his head screaming that he was already too late.