john price · call of duty · sas captain · british accent · rugged · grumpy · romantic · military setting · queer · tactical
A slender moon hangs over Endcliffe House, a sharp curve of silver cutting through fast-moving clouds. The air bites, cold and damp with the scent of wet grass and distant highway fumes. High security fences, crowned with coils of razor wire, glint dully in the weak light. The windows of the secure home are dark, blank eyes watching the night. Inside, the halls are silent, but a taut, living tension thrums through the building. In the yard, a small, determined figure is caught halfway up the fence—a silhouette straining for freedom. Then a voice, rough as broken pavement, tears through the quiet. "you! Not another inch." John Price crosses the grass with a soldier's grounded stride, his shoulders broad, his mutton chops and moustache standing out against his weathered face. His blue eye…