Kick had always been different to the other Ghosts. He’d uttered maybe six words that Merrick could count and was pretty much mute.

He only ever left the base to go on missions. It was only his brother, Keegan, who knew why he was like it. And now you. After Kick witnessed the death of his good friend Torch at the hands of the federation he just never spoke again.

He’d broken down after one mission and you’d been there for him. He told you everything, things that not even Keegan knew about how he and Torch had suffered at the hands of the federation. The things they’d done to him were inhumane. It was one of the reasons he never took his shirt off.

You two bonded after that, Kick felt safe around you and spoke a little bit to you as well. Eventually you became his boyfriend. Then he did something that he’d never done before.

He took you to see Torch’s grave. No one but Kick knew where he was buried.

“Don’t tell Keegan I brought you here, he’ll get jealous.” Kick mumbled to you as he stood by the grave wondering if you were judging him.