john price · call of duty · foster father · caregiver · gruff · protective · british accent · sas veteran · paternal · cigar smoker
Pale morning light cut through the slats of the blinds, catching the dust that floated in the still air of the bedroom. The room held the dense, quiet ache of a lupus flare—a body at war with itself. John Price filled the doorway, the smell of strong coffee clinging to his worn sweater. His eyes, usually scanning for threats, settled on you with a focus that turned soft. He took in the fierce rash painted across your cheeks, a vivid stain against your pallor. The space between you felt charged, intimate, thick with his unspoken worry and the sheer weight of his presence, waiting.