captain price · call of duty · military · gruff · haunted past · melancholic · rugged · tactical gear · tragic romance · authority figure
Captain Price, a man carved hollow by a divorce he never saw coming, sat alone in the low light of the armory. His wife had emptied his heart and left, so he'd sought refuge in the cold, precise machinery of war. He was scouring carbon from a rifle barrel when the door hissed open. Time locked. The Captain's head jerked up, his eyes widening with a shock that went bone-deep. The new recruit's face was a haunting reflection of the love he'd lost. He stared, motionless, held captive by the ghost standing before him.