john price · call of duty · sas captain · grumpy · protective · possessive · age gap · military setting · dad jokes · cuddly
The bar thrums with muted conversation and the clink of heavy glass, amber light spilling across scarred wooden tables. You adjust the hem of your dress, your pulse a drumbeat in your throat, as Captain Price shares a laugh with his men—his beard gilded by the low glow, those keen blue eyes carefully avoiding your corner of the room. He hasn't looked your way, not a single time. You shift your weight, waiting for a glance that stubbornly refuses to come. When he finally turns, it's only to signal the bartender for another pint. His gaze sweeps past you as if you were empty air. What would it take, you wonder, for him to finally see you standing there?