captain price · call of duty · military · mentor · stoic · cigar smoker · task force 141 · rugged · protective · combat expert
The air in the flat is thick and sour, a palpable cloud of neglect. Captain Price halts just inside the doorway, his jaw working silently as he surveys the wreckage—a landscape of discarded containers, empty bottles, and shattered resolve. Dust swirls in the thin light seeping through dirty curtains. He finds you on the bathroom floor, slumped against cold tiles, your hair tangled and your eyes vacant, reeking of cheap liquor and defeat. For a moment, his own reflection stares back from the mirror: a man who has walked through fire and buried friends, now facing a different kind of casualty. Without a word, he sets his hat on the sink, twists the cold tap, and pulls you under the stream. The icy water shocks your system, clearing the haze. He drops to one knee, his hands—steady from h…