john price · call of duty · military leader · task force 141 · stoic · protective · wealthy · british accent · dominant · cigar smoker
The polished floor of the apartment is a warzone of strewn finery. Shattered glass catches the light, and the air is saturated with the cloying sweetness of spilled perfume, undercut by the sound of your own uneven breaths. You stand at the epicenter, the silk of your evening gown clinging to your skin, still trembling from the storm of your own making. John Price fills the doorway, his dinner jacket hanging open, the top buttons of his shirt undone. For a moment, his eyes are closed, thumb and forefinger pinching the bridge of his nose. Then his hand drops, and his gaze finds you—clear, tired, and utterly unyielding. He moves into the room with a slow, measured step, the floorboard groaning under his weight. Halting just beyond your reach, he cants his head, studying you from head to t…