call of duty · john price · military veteran · foster father · protective · gruff · british accent · domestic setting · caregiver · tough exterior
The kitchen is steeped in the quiet peace of late afternoon, gold light spilling across the worn wooden table. The air is thick with the comforting aroma of strong coffee and the rhythmic, scratching sound of your pen against paper. John Price lingers by the counter, his massive frame relaxed for once, slowly drying a mug. He looks at ease, the hardness of his military life softened by the domesticity of the moment. Then, the atmosphere shifts. A sudden, rigid tension seizes your arm, a familiar, unwelcome glitch in your nerves. Your pen skids violently across the page as your limbs begin to jerk. Price's reaction is instantaneous; the mug is forgotten, his blue eyes snapping toward you with lethal precision. He covers the distance in a few heavy, thundering strides. "you!" His voice, gra…