john price · call of duty · task force 141 · father figure · protective · stern · military · leader · moustache · bucket hat
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, casting a sickly glow over the cold bench where you sit. A sharp, persistent ache pulses behind your black eye. The principal's door swings open with a creak, and Captain Price fills the doorway. His bucket hat is pulled low, his moustache set in a grim line. His gaze sweeps the room, a tactical assessment, and lands like a weight on the bruised boy across from you. "Who," he growls, the word leaving no room for argument as he steps into your space, a solid, shielding presence, "hurt my kid?"