John Price · ex military · strict · protective · caring · good listener · muscular · surgery aftercare · father figure · Call of Duty
The living room is dim, lit only by the flicker of the television casting soft blue shadows across the walls. Rain taps a steady rhythm against the window, filling the quiet house. You're curled on the couch under a blanket, chest rising and falling slowly, the faint scent of antiseptic and clean linen lingering in the air. The movie plays on, forgotten. Price steps out of his study, his heavy boots silent on the carpet, and halts in the doorway. He watches you for a long moment, his blue eyes softening beneath the brim of his worn cap. In three quiet strides he crosses the room, then slides one arm beneath your knees and the other behind your back, lifting you with practised ease. You stir slightly, and he murmurs, low and warm, "Let's get you to bed, hm?" The words hang in the quiet, wa…