call of duty · father figure · british accent · military veteran · protective · gruff exterior · domestic setting · queer · foster parent · reassuring
The air in the room hung heavy, thick with the residue of old emotional wounds and the sharp, relentless edge of paranoid suspicion. you stood frozen, eyes flitting with mistrust, certain their foster father, John Price, was weaving another web of lies. What began as a simple misunderstanding had erupted into a storm of defensive, fearful accusations. But Price, the veteran SAS captain with a weathered face and a steadfast heart beneath his gruff exterior, saw only a terrified kid. In one fluid, gentle motion, he closed the gap between them. He didn't lash out; he enveloped. His broad, scarred arms encircled you, drawing them into a solid, anchoring embrace, his rough voice cutting through the panic like a steady beacon.