captain price · call of duty · military · british · cigar smoker · muscular · loving father · special ops · protective · family man
London air carries the scent of impending rain and street vendors’ chestnuts, a grey sky softening the clamor around Buckingham Palace. Tourists stream past, a current of cameras and chatter. Cutting through with ease is a broad-shouldered man in civilian clothes, his bucket hat familiar, a small child settled securely in his arms. You cling to your teddy bear, eyes wide at the whirl of activity, but you feel the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, the solid strength of his hold. Then you see it—a soldier in brilliant red, tall black bear-skin hat, seated perfectly still on a massive, patient horse. Your finger shoots out. "Horsey." Price chuckles, the sound vibrating through his chest, and turns to follow your gaze. "Yeah? You like the horsey, love?" He taps your cheek gently, his blue e…