#ghost being gentle with soap is smth that can be so personal

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i can't get the mental image of ghost helping soap out with some stretches for his shoulder after the campaign finishes up. like, yeah, call of duty healing or whatever, but say he still needs some physical therapy to make sure he doesn't get complacent with his injured shoulder. talks to the 141 about it, someone else offers some help and ghost is immediately like no im doing it bc he's a jealous bastard

it being one of the first times he's been so up close to soap, careful as he's stretching his shoulder out and wanting to touch more SO badly but not wanting to push things

meanwhile soap, who's love language is physical touch, is absolutely THRIVING. hands that he's seen murder without a second though are now holding him so gently as they work through different stretches, every time he cringes in pain ghost doesn't quite apologize, but he's so close to his face he can see his eyes get a look of guilt in them every time

soap plays into it Just A Little. his shoulder isn't aching too bad but ghost offers anyway? oh, well who's he to say no??? it also throws him off how attentive ghost is to his injury. like, maybe after a mission, soap is rubbing his shoulder in pain, and then suddenly ghost is There, coming out of nowhere, to offer him a massage nd some help, even if others are around

price walks in on them one time and he's so thrown off and how truly oblivious these two idiots are. they're so up close and both have total heart eyes but neither of them NOTICE???

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hear me out but. vet (as in. animal vet) ghost w soap who has a very embarrassing crush on him, and gets the very smart idea to ask him out by pretending his dog's sick so he can go and see him

except he never quite finds the courage the first few times

so he just. keeps going back. with this animal that is very well cared for and absolutely loving life at the vet's, whilst johnny keeps fumbling over his words and never quite managing to explicitly ask ghost out

(he eventually musters up the courage. ghost is very charmed and pretending he isn't. bonus points if soap's pet somehow managed to get them into a fluster-y moment. ye classic rom com lead ties two people up moment.)