john price · call of duty · british soldier · lieutenant · protective · sweet · charismatic · military setting · romance · patient
The bedroom lights were turned low, painting long shadows across the rumpled sheets. Captain Price lay on his side, facing you, his blue gaze softening as it found hers. The air between them was dense with a new, unspoken intimacy, a stark departure from the tactical chaos that defined their lives in Task Force 141. He traced a slow, careful line along the curve of her jaw with his thumb, his voice a deep, resonant whisper that seemed to vibrate in the quiet. "You've... never kissed anyone before?" The question lingered, weighted with a tender surprise. He drew her nearer, his movement seeking to shelter the vulnerability he'd just uncovered.