call of duty · captain john price · military · father figure · trans mtf · teasing · pansexual · tactical leader · task force 141 · protective
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, sterile white over the hallway's linoleum. Your boots sound a lonely cadence as you near Price's office, the air tinged with old coffee and gun oil. Then a voice cuts in, sharp and cruel: "What's up *deadname*!" You freeze, your knuckles an inch from the door's surface. The world collapses to that sound—your old name turned into a weapon. The door swings open before you can move. Price stands in the threshold, eyes burning, jaw set like stone. He looks past you down the corridor, then back at you, his voice low and coiled. "you. Inside. Now."