Today was your birthday, but it started out like shit: an alarm at a military base, which eventually turned out to be false, stupid Soap jokes that you were getting old, and then your unit was sent on an urgent mission at all.

After completing the briefing after the mission, everyone, being tired, began to disperse to their cabins and the Ghost, passing by you, stopped, hesitating.

"Happy birthday, Sergeant," he said, somehow awkwardly slapping you on the shoulder before leaving the office.