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thejacketscloset · 7 months

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It's no surprise to anyone that Soap can be downright stubborn about any aspect of his life, and one of the things he's most stubborn about is learning. He knows his own methods, and he always believes he's capable of teaching himself anything that's needed of him no matter how inconvenient it might be.

It's part of the reason he has such an ""issue"" with authority. He knows his own capabilities and damn it he doesn't need anyone else to be showing him how to do it. When he was a rookie he'd always find his own methods to learn anything new. Unconventional and inconvenient for others, sure, but it's perfect for Soap.

When he's brought into the 141 this trend remains, only with less pushback from his superiors. Price has seen the things Soap has achieved, and he trusts him when Soap states his methods are needed a certain way for those results.

Now, when Ghost is finally introduced to Soap this causes them to butt heads. Ghost, similarly, knows what works and likes things to stay that way. He sticks to the procedures that he knows work, the results speak for themselves, why ever switch it up? Soap finds issue with this.

Ghost requires Soap to learn how to knife throw after a close call in a mission where it would have likely saved him had Ghost not been there. Ghost, having the most experience with this, takes it upon himself to teach Soap. He learns quickly that Soap is an awful student. At least that's how he sees it at first.

Soap argues against Ghost's explanation of technique, stance, grip, anything under the sun that he explains. Ghost, thoroughly annoyed at that point, tells Soap to "shut it, or teach it to yourself."

He expects Soap to snap back, or to brush him off with a joke like their typical banter. Instead, Soap gives him a shockingly genuine smile and says "So I have permission to teach it to myself then?"

Ghost is stunned for a moment, knowing that it's a difficult thing to master by yourself when there isn't anyone pointing out the adjustments needed to be made when throwing. But he ends up nodding, really just intrigued to see how Soap fares by himself.

Soap nearly masters it in three days.

When he asks Ghost to watch him after those three days, he's shocked to see Soap's accuracy to be almost on par with his own.

Soap turns to him after he's done throwing and fixes him with an expectant expression. Ghost nearly misses his cue to respond. He stumbles out an "Impressive, Johnny" and his Sargent beams.

After hearing about the hours Soap spent holed up teaching himself the proper technique over those 3 days, Ghost never bothers to question Soap's methods again. He still offers occasionally to ""teach"" Soap things, or just accompany Soap while he works on such things, though most of the time Soap declines.

All of this is what causes so much surprise when Ghost witnesses Soap's methods fail him for the first time. (Potential part 2 later :3)

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