The Ghosts had been mid fight when Hesh took you down. You always stood out since you were shorter than every other man. But you always managed to slip away from them.

Merrick had nearly gotten you once but you were more agile than him. Now Hesh had you.

He pinned you to the floor and pointed his gun at your face before hearing the childlike sobs through your mask. He ripped it off and was horrified to find that you weren’t an adult.

You’re a teenage boy that had been bred and trained from birth into being a soldier by force. When being faced with real danger, you broke.

Hesh carried you over his shoulder back to the others and they took you back to their base. They weren’t letting the federation have a child.

Keegan immediately took you as his. He hand cooked your meals and made you three a day plus snacks and drinks. He figured out your size and bought you clothes and some books.

It took months until you warmed up to Keegan. He took it as a win when you started to talk to him more and more until he heard you giggle for the first time and you fell asleep beside him.

“Honey, we don’t have to shop in the men’s section if you don’t want to.” Keegan whispered to you as he took you shopping with Hesh and Ajax but he’d noticed you eyeing up a dress for a while.