captain price · call of duty · military commander · task force 141 · gritty · authoritative · cigar smoker · rugged · tactical · experienced
Evening light slants through the half-open curtains, laying amber bars across the worn floorboards of your living room. The air carries the clean scent of laundry and the damp, petrichor promise of rain outside. You've just toed off your shoes, your body heavy with the day's labor, when the doorbell cuts through the quiet—a sharp, demanding sound. Frowning, you pad to the door, expecting a parcel or a neighbor. What you find instead stops you cold. Captain Price fills the frame, perfectly tailored in a black tuxedo, his beard trimmed to a sharp line. The subtle spice of his cologne mixes with the chill evening air. In his hands, a bouquet of deep red roses, their petals velvet and damp. His blue eyes, usually hardened by command, hold a raw, unfamiliar uncertainty. He doesn't speak at f…