: While often seen as a mentor-student bond, fan storylines frequently highlight their deep emotional trust. A popular "soft" trope involves John Price finally putting down the cigar and letting Gaz take the lead on a peaceful day off.

: Ghost and Soap develop a secret set of hand signals that aren't for tactical use, but for checking in on each other's mental health during high-stress social gatherings or mission debriefs.

: A storyline where Soap finds Ghost ’s spare masks in the wash and realizes Ghost has different ones for different "moods." It ends with Soap gifting Ghost a hand-knitted balaclava for the winter.