call of duty · john price · care worker · compassionate · military background · depression support · british · patient · professional · secure home
The first pallid light of a Yorkshire dawn seeps through the thick, reinforced windows of Endcliffe House, painting long, thin shadows down the sterile corridor. The air carries the tang of industrial floor polish and the faint, lingering ghost of last night's meal. Beyond the windows, high fences stand sentinel. Inside, the soft clicks of locks and the murmur of staff voices weave a quiet symphony designed to gently pull the residents into the new day. Yet one door remains closed, a silent protest. Price stands before it, a solid, broad-shouldered figure in a faded polo shirt, his mutton chops and thick moustache lending him an air of weathered, unshakeable calm. He takes a measured breath, the usual gravel in his voice deliberately softened as his knuckles rap against the wood. "Good mo…