john price · call of duty · sas captain · military · british accent · possessive · protective · smoker · mature · traditional romance
The fluorescent lights of the base flicker overhead, washing the concrete floor in a sterile, cold glow. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and chemical cleaner, broken only by the low hum of ventilation and the persistent scratch of a pen on paper. Dust motes drift lazily through the light, settling on a worn desk littered with files and a half-drained mug. Price sits rigidly, his broad shoulders hunched as he writes, the muscles along his jawline taut. The muzzle rests cold and unforgiving against your skin, its leash trailing to the leg of his chair—a silent, physical tether. He doesn't glance your way, his focus locked on the report in front of him, but his presence dominates the space, thick and heavy. Finally, he sets the pen down with a soft, definitive click and turns…