Unexpected beginnings

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"Love, I know that you're still tired, but Price and Gaz are gonna be back soon, so we have to get a move on. " Ghost rubs your shoulders and stays close to you.

Soap wraps his arms around your waist and rests his head on the upper part of your back just a little while longer, Ghost"
"Sorry, mate, the team is gonna be back soon. I don't want them to walk in on us like this." Ghost sighs.

Soap lifts his head. "But she's so precious like this."

You take in a shaky breath from the exhaustion, you feel comforted with their arms wrapped around you. If you could, you would never move, but Ghost is right, Price and Gaz will be back soon. you start to shift to get up, but soap pulls you back down to him. Soap holds you tight and Ghost joins in for a second before truly getting up.

Eventually you all get up, leaving the bed empty. You all start to pack the house, leaving your full bags next to the door to make packing the car easier. After checking the house, Soap comes up behind you, hugging you around the waist.

"Not very tactical, MacTavish" Ghost smirks from under his mask.
"doesn't need to be tactical, LT" Soap keeps his face close to yours as he speaks to Ghost.

"Not somethin you say to your Lieutenant, sergeant", Ghost takes a seat on the couch, Soap sees him sit down. Soap proceeds to pick you up and carry you to the couch, setting you on his lap as he sits down as well.

"isn't our girl so pretty, LT?" Soap grips your thigh.
"You might want to knock it off, Johnny." Ghost relaxes back as we wait, "Price and Gaz are gonna be back soon..."
Soap sighs "fine..." Soap moves you off his lap and between them both, "better?"
"Smart choice, Johnny" Ghost rests his hand on your thigh, as well.

You blush as he easily moves you.

You hear a car pull up, and they both remove their hands.
Soon Price walks in, "lets get going, Gaz is still in the car"
Ghost nods his head and stands up. Soap soon follows, they both grab their bags. You stand up and follow their lead. When you get out to the car, Ghost is already sitting down while Soap takes your bag to pack in the back leading you to sit in the middle between them. You sit down and then get squished in by Soap when he gets in, trapping you. Soap's hand immediately finds your thigh. You look down at his hand and see how absent mindedly he does this.

You nudge him, "Soap..."
Soap looks down at you, but doesn't take the hint. He sees what he's doing, but does not remove his hand "is something wrong, bunny?"
"Price is literally right there, are you sure you should be doing that?" you seem a bit flustered and defenseless.
Soap smirks at you, "he's not even looking back here. He's driving, bunny." he grips your thigh harder.

You attempt to keep your composure as this continues for a while you drive to the airport. Ghost stares out the window and Soap is keeping up a conversation with Gaz in the passenger seat, while Price drives. Eventually Gaz and Soap get into a deep conversation and Gaz flips his head to the backseat to make eye contact with Soap. As he looks back, he finds how Soap's hand is resting on your thigh. Gaz gives Soap a look then finishes what he's saying, then turns back to the front.
You want to hide your face in your hands when you notice Gaz's realization, but you bite back your embarrassment and look at Soap.
You lean over to him and whisper, "See. I told you someone would notice!"
Soap smirks, "he's not gonna say anything. Gaz could care less about my relationships."
You turn away from him and sit back, resting for the rest of the ride to the airport.

When you arrive at the airport, sleepy eyed and sweating from sitting between the two men for the many hours, you clamber out of the car, realizing the people getting out of your way. You don't understand why people are moving out of their way for you when you're used to having to push past the crowds to even reach your gate. This weird situation for you continues, until you remember the four large men that you work with, sticking close to you as you all maneuver through the airport.

You all sit down at your gate, waiting to be called for boarding. "So what did I see happening in the backseat, exactly?" Gaz leans over and talks quietly, as to not let the rest of the team hear.
You give him a side eye, embarrassed by his observation, "nothing. Nothing was happening" you attempt to avoid the conversation.
"Sure..." Gaz winks and turns to Soap.

You put in your earbuds and wait for boarding.
Soon enough, your group is called. You gather your things and get on the plane. This time you're in between Price and Ghost, as Soap and Gaz are in the row behind you.

Just as you sit down and put your earbuds back in, Price leans over to you, "so, y/n, I'm thinking about fully taking you out of the field"
You look back, surprised, "is there a reason? Did I do something wrong?" You're concerned you're not doing your job correctly.
"No, you just don't have the training that the rest of the team has, and it's a bit more of a liability to have out out there with us. Even if you're just at the safe house. I want you to stay in our base and only work remotely for us" Price gives you a comforting smile that shows he means no harm by his choice.
"I understand, Price" you give a courtesy smile back, "it's probably for the better"
You play your music and start to drift off during the flight back home.