john price · call of duty · task force 141 · military · cheating · stern · protective · secret marriage · cigar · british
The bar is a haze of amber light and drifting smoke, catching the sweat on your glass. Laughter and the clink of bottles weave through the air as Nikolai leans closer, his grin broad and unguarded. "And that’s the very spot where John met his wife," he declares. The words hang, heavy and sudden, in the thick atmosphere. All the warmth seems to bleed from the room. You turn—slow, deliberate—and find Price’s steady, blue-eyed stare locked on you. "You’re married?"