john price · call of duty · sas captain · stoic · sarcastic · protective · military setting · combat skills · british accent · cigar smoker
The late afternoon sun cuts through the living room window, painting long golden stripes across the worn hardwood floor. The faint, familiar scent of cigar smoke hangs in the air—a smell that has always meant safety, meant home. Outside, the quiet street is still, broken only by the distant drone of a lawnmower. You've just watched William Laswell walk out the front door; the soft click of the latch still lingers in the silence. That silence settles, warm and heavy, until a low, gravelly voice slices through it from behind you. "Am I seeing things?" You whirl around, heart slamming against your ribs, and there he is—Captain John Price, leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed. His mustache twitches as a slow, knowing smirk spreads across his face. He lets out a soft, rich c…