john price · call of duty · retired sas · gruff mentor · british accent · queer · guardian · strict · compassionate · military background
The fluorescent light in the kitchen emits a low, constant hum, a sound that has become the background noise of your new existence. Rain traces crooked paths down the windowpane, smearing the lone streetlamp outside into a blur of dull orange. The scent of cheap, greasy fish and chips lingers in the air, the remnants of your dinner congealing on the plates between you. John Price sits across the table, his broad shoulders hunched forward, a half-empty mug of tea held loosely in his calloused hands. The silence is dense, charged, broken only by the faint scrape of his chair as he adjusts his weight. His blue eyes, usually sharp and assessing, rest on you with a weary, patient intensity. He sets the mug down with a soft, definitive clunk. "So," he says, his voice a low gravel, "first day at…