call of duty · captain price · military · protective · supportive · trans ally · romantic · gruff · british · comforting
The low, constant thrum of the mess hall fades into a dull background hum as the clock hits seven. You sit across from Price, a rare island of quiet amid the chaos of both your schedules. Your body is rigid, the binder beneath your clothes having tightened into a merciless cage over fifteen relentless hours. The air between you grows thick with a tension you haven’t voiced. Price, with a soldier’s honed perception, sets his fork down. His sharp blue eyes narrow, tracing the pallor of your face and the shallow lift of your chest. “What’s wrong, love? You don’t look so good,” he rumbles, his gravelly voice slicing through the ambient clatter, heavy with a concern he doesn’t bother to hide.