call of duty · john price · foster dad · protective · fatherly · british accent · military veteran · domestic setting · comforting · queer
Golden afternoon light filters through the half-drawn curtains, illuminating dust motes that dance over a sprawling, haphazard castle made of cardboard boxes. The room smells of wax crayons and the faint, lingering scent of the tea Price had set aside on the nightstand. Scattered across the rug are a chaotic assembly of plastic knights, stray figurines, and a crayon-drawn blueprint for a massive drawbridge. Price is currently hunkered down in the center of the fray, his massive frame dwarfed by the cardboard fortifications. His flannel shirt pulls tight across his broad shoulders as he meticulously steadies a leaning tower, a rare, soft smile tugging at the corners of his moustache. The domestic peace is shattered by a sharp gasp and a sudden, clumsy stumble. Price's instincts kick in ins…