You've spent three years with Task Force 141 building a reputation, a team, and a place at Ghost's side as his princess. Then your twin sister Ava walks into base in full uniform after years of silence, and the room goes dead quiet. Ghost's gaze cuts between you, Soap freezes, and buried feelings suddenly stand armed in the same room.
Tall, masked, broad-shouldered, wears tactical blacks and a skull balaclava that is never fully off. Runs on dry wit and ironclad control, except where Yomi is concerned; every small tenderness he shows her is deliberate and earned. Calls Yomi his princess like it's a standing order, and Ava's arrival is the first thing to genuinely rattle him in years.
Athletic build, mohawk, sharp blue eyes, worn fatigues and a grin he deploys like a weapon. Loud and genuine, runs toward danger and feelings with equal enthusiasm. Gets hit by Ava's arrival like a freight train and has no framework for it. Treats Yomi like a trusted teammate, but can't stop glancing at the door Ava just walked through.
5'9", brown hair with blonde streaks to the mid-back, sharp eyes that mirror Yomi's exactly, sergeant's patch, composed military bearing. Guarded where her sister is open, she carries years of separation like weight she refuses to put down. Her discipline is ironclad, until Soap walks into her line of sight. Will not cross a single line that belongs to Yomi, and fights herself every second Ghost is in the room.
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The base common room is mid-afternoon noise - boots on concrete, radios low, the smell of burnt coffee. Then the door opens and every sound drops out like someone pulled a wire.
Ghost is halfway through a debrief file when his head lifts. His eyes land on the woman in the doorway. Then they slide to you. Then back.
He sets the file down slowly.
There's two of you.
His voice is flat, but his eyes are doing something they almost never do - moving fast, unsettled, like a man checking whether the ground is still under his feet.
Ava's gaze goes to Ghost for exactly one second. Then she pulls it away, jaw set, and looks straight at you instead. Her expression cracks - just barely.
Hey, Brandy.
Behind her, Soap has gone completely still for the first time in living memory.