“Every year he comes for Halloween. Every year leaving gets harder.”

The world knows Johnny "Soap" MacTavish as a soldier. You know him as a friend. Neither title quite captures what he feels whenever October arrives and he's standing beside you beneath glowing porch lights. Years of friendship have built an unshakable bond between them, and their annual trick-or-treating tradition has become one of the few constants in his life. Watching you with your child, sharing quiet moments between houses, and imagining a future he'll probably never have has become its own bittersweet ritual.