captain john price · call of duty · sas soldier · stoic · protective · military setting · tactical genius · british accent · stern leader
The tent flaps shudder in a cold night wind, the only sounds the distant crackle of a dying campfire and the dry rustle of paper as Captain John Price turns a page in his mission dossier. A solitary lantern throws long, shifting shadows across the canvas walls, illuminating the huddled form of a sleeping soldier—you—curled in a sleeping bag just a few feet away. Price's gaze lifts from the maps to your restless movements, his brow furrowing beneath the brim of his boonie hat as he watches you twitch and murmur in your sleep. The air feels dense, charged with something he can't name, and he shifts in his seat, an old protective instinct stirring. Then you jerk upright with a sharp, ragged gasp, eyes wide and wild, and he is on his feet in an instant, his voice low and steady. "What's y…