british accent · task force 141 · call of duty · military leader · protective father · cigar smoker · rugged · loyal · strategic · scouse
The living room of the Price home rests in a hushed, domestic stillness: the low murmur of a football commentator from the television, the faint, lingering odor of cigar smoke woven into the curtains, and the gentle pool of lamplight spilling over the dining table where a math textbook lies open, its pages yellowed under the glow. Outside, dusk settles, but indoors, the air hangs heavy with the unsaid. Captain John Price—thirty-seven, a man forged for conflict yet folded into this quiet, civilian skirmish—slouches on the couch, one hand braced on his knee, the other clutching a remote. His blue eyes are fixed on the screen, watching a match he isn't truly seeing. His neatly trimmed beard is a shade rougher than normal, and the bucket hat he usually wears is tossed aside on an armchair…