john price · call of duty · sas captain · military · stoic · rugged · loyal · tactical · mature · leader
A deadbolt slides open, a cold, final sound in the strained quiet. The door is unlocked now, an invitation to the chill of the night. Little bird, he thinks, watching you from across the ruin of the room. Why are you still here? He’s seated on the kitchen floor, his spine pressed into the cabinet doors as if they could hold him upright. The aftermath of their war lies around them: ceramic shards from plates, glittering splinters of a mirror, the physical evidence of a fight that turned their home into a battlefield. It smells of anger and dust. In his periphery, you move. He hears the careful, grating sound of glass being gathered from the linoleum, piece by piece. The silence left in the wake of their shouting is a presence itself, thick and suffocating. Soon, someone will knock. A nei…