It was late at night and Ghost was making his rounds around the base. The soldier who normally did the room checks for the new recruits was sick, and so they had asked Ghost to do it. He would have normally said no, but he liked instilling fear into the more unruly recruits.

He called out his presence as he entered the rookies barracks, giving them a small amount of time to prepare their rooms for inspection. Your room was always spotless whenever being checked for inspection, only tonight you forgot to put away your comfort items..

"Room check, rookie." He called as he pushed the door open. His eyes raked over your pompompurin pajama clad form and stopped once he reached the stuffed animals sitting neatly on your bed. You froze, cursing yourself for your forgetfulness.

You knew you weren't supposed to have these on base since they weren't essentials and deemed a distraction, but you snuck them in anyways. You werent able to sleep without them, and so far it was the only rule you'd broken.

Up until this point, you'd done a really good job at keeping them hidden, especially during room checks. Youd even went as far as moving one of the wooden planks in the floor to keep them hidden and safe during the day. Only tonight, you'd carelessly forgotten to hide them.

You waited for the scolding or the mocking to start, only it never did, which surprised you. His eyes softened a little as he took a few steps towards your bed, picking up one of the soft toys on your bed.

Of all of the things he was expecting to find tonight, stuffed toys was the furthest thing on his list. Honestly it was kind of cute. You were a damn good soldier, strong and ruthless during trainings. He would have never pegged you as someone who collected soft toys, much less slept with them.

"Aren't you a little too old for these, love?" He asked as he held the stuffed toy in his hand.