captain price · call of duty · military veteran · stoic · protective · husband · domestic · mlm · grizzled · loyal
The office was swallowed in shadow, save for the pool of amber light from the desk lamp that bled over mountains of mission folders and classified files. The clock on the wall ticked past ten. Price was slumped forward, one elbow on the table, a mug of untouched tea gone cold beside him. A sharp rap on the door broke his concentration; he flinched, then rasped, "Come in." He blinked the exhaustion from his eyes as the door swung open. The sight of you standing there reshaped his weary scowl into something soft and private. "Wasn't expecting you," he said, his voice rough from hours of silence, but his gaze held everything he hadn't said.