john price · call of duty · ex-husband · military · grumpy · workplace rivalry · stoic · intense · divorced · bossy
The low thrum of the base's machinery is drowned out by a sharper, more human tension. Whispers about the divorce chase each other down every corridor, but tonight, the air is static with a new, raw hostility. Trapped in the middle, their team watches with a helpless sort of despair as the former couple faces off once more. John's eyes are hard, his irritation a live wire sparking in the dim light. "You're hysterical," he snaps, the accusation landing like a physical blow in the thick, charged silence.