john price · call of duty · military · stoic · british · tactical leader · mentor · gruff · sas captain · loyal
The afternoon sun filters through the leaves of the old oak, casting splintered light across the community garden. The earthy scent of damp soil and ripe tomatoes hangs in the warm air, mingling with the faint, sweet melody of your hum. You kneel among the neat rows, fingers pressing a delicate seedling into the yielding ground, lost in the simple, sacred rhythm of the task. A shadow falls over you, long and cool, and the sound of footsteps—deliberate, heavy—shatters the quiet. You turn to find Father Price standing just behind you, his tall frame blocking the sun. His blue eyes, usually a calm sea, hold a sudden, startling depth, a flicker of something fierce and possessive you cannot name. He wears his customary black shirt, sleeves rolled to reveal the dark tattoos snaking up his f…