Unexpected beginnings

Comfort

The drive to the safe house was quiet. Ghost drove, you sat in passenger, and Soap stayed with the kid in the backseat to make sure he didn't do anything stupid.

At the safe house, Price meets the car outside. Ghost jumps out to talk to Price briefly. Price then circles around the car to the side that the kid is sitting on.
Price opens the door for him, "come on, kid, let's go" Price gestures for the kid to follow him. The kid looks scared, and for just reason.

Soap and Ghost make their way to the trunk to unload the gear.
"What's Price going to do with the kid?" You ask, worried for him.
"Probably give him some options for his future and get information from him- not much you need to worry about" Soap tries to reassure you.
"He'll be fine, y/n. Price will make sure he ends up safe" Ghost's attempt makes you more at ease than Soap.

Inside the safe house, you see Gaz sitting on the couch, he looks up when you all walk in, "how'd the mission go?"
"Could have gone better, y/n almost got choked out" Ghost states bluntly.
Gaz looks worried for a bit.
You butt in to ease his concern, "I'm fine, I'll just have a bit of a bruise at most"
Gaz seems to be called down by that, "so, what's up with the kid?"
"C, they've been hiring kids. We found him trying to run, but this'll be better for him" Soap states.
Gaz nods his head,"Oh, by the way, Soap, we're rooming, Ghost, Price, and Y/n have their own rooms"

"Thanks," you give a smile to Gaz and head off to your room, before you go in, Price stops you.
"Y/n, sorry to say this, but you need to give up your room for the night. I want to give it to the kid so he at least has a bed for the night, I'm taking him to Laswell in the morning" Price explains, "feel free to take the couch, but there's not another bed in the facility"
"Sure, thanks for taking care of him, Captain" you look somewhat relived that Price has a plan for him.

You turn around and go back to the living room. Ghost had already gone to his room, Gaz and Soap are just sitting around and chatting.
As you walk in, Gaz just gets up to leave, he looks a bit puzzled by you walking back in with your bags.
"Price is giving my room to the kid tonight," you explain to Gaz. Gaz nods and walks out of the living room.

You sit down next to Soap. "Why don't ya scoot in, bunny?" Soap asks.
You give a small smile to the nickname. You scoot in and let him drape an arm over you. You lean against him, resting your head on his chest. "Everything alright?" Soap asks, realizing how quiet you are.
"I-" you pause and take breath to collect your thoughts, "I just feel bad for that kid, I know what he's going through and why C chose him. I'm just worried for him"
"Hey, look at me" Soap says as he takes your chin and gently guided it up so he could look at your face, "he's going to be fine, Price is taking care of him. And you-" Soap looks you in the eyes with a caring gaze, "we've got you," he leans down and kisses you.
When he pulls back he let's go of your face.
"Thank you," you say as you set back onto him.

A couple hours pass of you talking to your teammates, getting dinner, and relaxing. After everyone has retired to their rooms, you try and fall asleep on the couch.
You lay there for what feels like hours, unable to sleep, but you check the time you see that you had only been laying down for 45 minutes.

You decide to get up, no point in laying down if you can't sleep.
You wander the base until you end up in front of Ghost's door.
You knock on the door. You hear nothing, so you just go in. The room is pitch black, you can't see anything.

You stumble your way to Ghost's bed and crawl in.
"Y/n?" Ghost sleepily asks.
"Yeah, sorry to disturb you, couldn't sleep" you say apologetically.
Ghost grabs onto you and pulls you into bed with him. You feel him hold onto you tight. You go to rest your hands on his face in the darkness. When you place your hands down, you feel him slightly flinch before settling into your touch.
As you hold him you feel his soft hair on your hands.
You realize this is the first time you e been around him without his mask.
"Your hair's soft" you say quietly.
Once you say that, Ghost buries his head in your shoulder, you wrap your arms around his shoulders, holding him tight.
Once you're with him, you are finally able to fall asleep.

The next morning, you wake up to find Ghost has already gotten out of bed. You trudge your way out of bed and make it to the kitchen, seeing just Soap and Ghost as Price left with the kid, and Gaz went with them.

Ghost is backed up to the kitchen counter with Soap backed up against him. Ghost is resting his chin on Soaps shoulder and has his arms wrapped around Soap's waist. Soap is enjoying a morning cup of coffee

"Good mornin', bunny," Soap smiles at you and Ghost lifts his head up to look at you.
"Price and Gaz already left, he said they won't be back till afternoon, or so," Ghost's voice sound tired, but then he lifts up his mask to his nose and kisses Soap on the cheek, "so we have all morning here" you can see Ghost smile as his hand slowly drifts down Soaps body causing Soap to go a bit ridged before leaning into Ghosts touch.