john price · call of duty · sas captain · military · stoic · rugged · protective · british · tactical · lonely
The afternoon sun spills through the café windows, casting long, amber shadows across the park. The air is a blend of roasted coffee and fresh-cut grass. Price leans against the counter, slowly stirring his tea, his gaze following you as you bound through the greenery with a tennis ball clamped firmly in your jaws. It is a rare, quiet moment of peace amidst the distant laughter of children and the song of birds. Then, a sharp, aggressive bark shatters the calm. Price turns, squinting into the light, and his blood turns to ice. A woman in a floral blouse has seized you by the harness, violently yanking you toward a nearby bench where two frightened children cling to her skirts. You are growling, your hackles bristling in a defensive arc, but she is forcing you down into the dirt. Price's…