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Ghost is trans. He was in the closet for years due to the self-hate his father instilled into him. He was terrified to come out and never talked about being trans to anyone. He had just started trying to think of how to tell his brother when everything happened. When he crawled out of that grave, when he discovered his brother dead alongside his family, he was done being scared.
He always tells himself that who he once was died a long time ago.
Ghost was always told he had a pretty face so he started wearing a mask. He had gotten a binder and started T as soon as possible. Ghost has a soft voice that just doesn’t match the image in his head. So he uses a deep voice. He never speaks in his actual voice even though he doesn’t hate it. No one treats him the same when he uses it versus when he uses Ghost’s voice.
He absorbed himself into masculine stereotypes, trying to embody the ideal macho man.
Price knows. Of course he does. Ghost expected some form of judgement from him but instead he got respect and support. The only other person that knows is Laswell. Gaz doesn’t know and Ghost wants to keep it that way.
When Soap came along, Ghost found himself looking at a man who is so casually masculine, just the embodiment of manliness, and Ghost couldn’t help but feel a seed of jealousy, hate, and envy take root deep inside him. He pushed Soap away, finding every reason to snap at him and keep him at arm’s length. Price quickly figured out what was up and tried to have a personal conversation with him.
Ghost insisted nothing was wrong and ignores any more of Price trying to talk to him.
Anyone could see that Ghost didn’t want Soap around him. Except Soap. The man found every opportunity to get close to Ghost and Ghost was beyond pissed about this. Everything Soap did felt like mockery towards him. Everything the man said just rubbed him the wrong way. Ghost was certain that Soap knew about him being trans and was trying to get under his skin.
He was blind to the fact that Soap was flirting and taking every opportunity to show off in order to impress Ghost. Soap was smitten the moment he saw the Ghost in action on the field. He desperately wanted to get to know Ghost, wanted see the man under the mask. Every time Ghost pulled away, Soap pushed forward. Price could see disaster brewing and he wasn’t sure if he would be able to stop it.