Howdy! Can I ask for Roach Headcannons?
Absolutely can give hcs for my favourite critter!! 😼
Spoiler warning for some things in Modern Warfare 2 (2009) in case someone is playing and doesn't want any
He is Canadian, I'd say born in Montreal, Quebec (I saw one tiktok talking about Soap's journal and they pointed out how he was likely Canadian based on the information given so I live by this now)
Roach is bilingual knowing both French (Canadian) and English
You need to know about a bug? He's your guy, at a minimum he'll know the name, but at least ones local to base area he can give you at least a few facts
In school Roach was the kid quietly working in the back corner. The one who's quiet until you start up a conversation with them then suddenly they don't shut up
He got so used to MacTavish being captain that when Price gets rescued he blatantly refuses to view him as captain and thinks him more like a lieutenant although he knows better than to say it to Price's face. On top of that he'll usually go to MacTavish for final confirmation on everything Price says
He's an excellent soldier. Quiet, follows orders without question, he's not in special forces for nothing. But when he's off duty or not on a mission there's a good chance he's acting more like fanon Roach, sitting in wild places, doing dumb shit, he's a chaos gremlin.
He's banned from coffee on base, he drank so much once he was zoned out just shaking for like an hour. After that he crashed and barely stayed awake after that. So MacTavish and Ghost agreed on a coffee ban to avoid another situation like that
When Shepherd shot him and Ghost he wished that Ghost had just went to shoot Shepherd instead of reaching for him first
Roach held Ghost's hand as they were covered in gasoline and burnt. Roach was glad Ghost was already dead so he didn't have to feel the pain of being burnt alive.
In his final moments all Roach could think was how their bodies would never be recovered, their families never told the truth of what happened, wondering if Soap and Price would be safe, if he had done something wrong to deserve this fate.