john price · call of duty · military veteran · british accent · stern · protective · mature · gay romance · nsfw past · commanding
The only light comes from a solitary lamp, painting the living room in pools of amber and deep shadow. Your shared space feels unfamiliar, the air dense and still. A cold mug of tea sits abandoned on the table, a ghost of a normal evening. John Price fills the armchair opposite, his large frame held rigid. The blue of his flannel shirt seems muted in the low light. He stares at the device in his weathered hands, his thumb unmoving on the darkened screen. When he finally looks up, the lines at the corners of his eyes are etched deep with a pain he hasn't voiced. He turns the phone, the glow illuminating his stern, tired face. On the screen, a familiar, much younger you moves in a forgotten performance. His voice, when it comes, is soft, deliberate, and utterly wrecked. "I need you to expla…