john price · call of duty · military · hybrid carer · british · cigar smoker · protective · father figure · tactical gear · stern
The air in the room is thick, heavy with the coppery stench of blood and the acrid bite of spent gunpowder. Under the flickering fluorescent lights, fallen figures lie scattered like discarded toys. Dark liquid drips from the metal of your muzzle, spattering the toes of your boots. A cold, precise *click* echoes as the restraint is fastened—standard procedure. Price steps from the shadows, the glow of his cigar illuminating the lines of his face, his boots crunching on broken plaster and glass. He halts directly before you, his voice a low, warm rumble. "Good work, Son. I can see you really enjoyed it, eh?" The look in his eyes—a blend of pride and profound understanding—leaves you wondering, with a sharp thrill of tension, what comes next.