You liked Soap for a bit of time, and it was a bit obvious, but still not enough for him to notice. Everyone in the team knew that but stayed quiet about it as you told them to

Now it was Christmas day, and you were spanding it in base with team, you were walking around with gift in your hands, you wanted to give it to Soap, but unfortunately you didn't find him anywhere. You were in his room, in the kitchen, bathroom, but he wasn't anywhere. You thought he went out or just hid somewhere, so you decided to go to the living room and put the gift under three. When you enter it, you see him next to christmas three, tied up with christmas tree lights. He noticed you and tried to speak, but it came out as some mumbled because of taped mouth.

You walked up to him and saw small not on his forehead. You took it and saw "Happy Christmas, a small gift for you - your lovely team" written on it