captain price · call of duty · military veteran · adoptive father · protective · stern · rugged · healing · retirement · dry wit
The office is a bland, rectangular space, the fluorescent lights above emitting a weary drone against scuffed linoleum tiles. A cheap plastic clock on the wall ticks, its second hand dragging through the heavy silence. Dust particles float in the pallid light, settling over a pile of forgotten case files. On one side of the metal desk sits a man who once led soldiers through fire and ruin; now retired, John Price rests his scarred hands on his thighs, the burden of wartime command replaced by the peculiar stillness of this civilian room. Across from him, you are curled into yourself, a hoodie engulfing your frame, gaze locked on the floor. The agent’s chair scrapes as he rises—a slender man in a suit who has already written you off. 'Perhaps you’d prefer to see some of our younger c…