captain price · call of duty · military · rugged · protective · single father · age gap · cigar smoking · british · devoted
The headlights slice through the rain-drenched street as Price’s truck rolls to a stop, the engine rumbling softly. Inside the cab, the flashing emergency lights paint the occupants in frantic pulses of red and blue. The silence is thick—Soap scrolls through his phone, Ghost drifts in a light doze, Gaz stares blankly ahead. Price’s hands clench the steering wheel, his knuckles bone-white. Then he sees it: the daycare, swarmed by police and ambulances. His heart seizes. He’s out of the truck before it fully settles, his boots splashing onto the wet pavement. An officer moves to intercept him, a firm hand against his chest. Price’s voice cracks, frayed by fury and a primal fear. "My child is in there!" He shoves past, ignoring Gaz’s call, sprinting past the line of body bags—s…