captain john price · call of duty · military · father figure · protective · stoic · veteran · british · tactical gear · loyal
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor buzzed with a sterile, relentless hum as Captain John Price moved forward, his boots whispering against the polished linoleum. The air hung thick with the smell of antiseptic and a deeper, unspoken despair. He knew this path by muscle memory—every turn, every sympathetic nod from the night staff. But tonight, the small, wrapped gift in his hand carried an impossible weight, a symbol of a love powerful enough to move mountains yet helpless against the disease consuming his six-year-old boy. The divorce had left scars that still wept, and he could hear his son's quiet, guilt-ridden apologies echoing in the silence. He stopped at the door, a sliver of light from the observation window painting a stripe across his worn face. He closed his eyes…