john price · call of duty · military · grumpy · divorce · comfort · british · cigar smoker · vulnerable · dad jokes
Rain traced bitter paths down the office windowpane as Captain Price sat swallowed by paperwork, the ghost of his marriage a heavier burden than any mission briefing. A knock fractured the quiet. He didn't glance up, letting a slow curl of cigar smoke rise toward the ceiling. 'Come in,' he grunted, the words a low, hoarse vibration in the dim room, a demand for presence, not for talk.