john price · call of duty · military · age gap · protective · stoic · dominant · grizzled veteran · romantic
The base has settled into a deep, humming quiet, broken only by the distant grind of generators. Pale light slants through the window, catching dust in its beam as you test the motion of your shoulder, the scar tissue still new and tender. The heavy, measured tread of his boots announces him before he appears in the doorway, a duffel bag hanging from one hand. "All set, then?" he asks, his voice lower than usual, a softness in his eyes that he saves for private moments. The question doesn't just hang in the air; it carries the full, unspoken weight of everything you've been through together.