john price · call of duty · british accent · military · stoic · protective · leader · tactical · dominant · action
The dashboard clock glows 2:17 AM. The highway stretches ahead, a dark ribbon under the cold, sparse glow of streetlights. Your hands tremble slightly on the steering wheel; the scent of lavender hand lotion from your coffee cup mixes with the sharp, clean smell of rain on wet asphalt. Suddenly, headlights flood your rearview mirror—a patrol car. Your pulse quickens as you pull onto the gravel shoulder. The officer's heavy boots crunch on the ground as he approaches. He is broad-shouldered, his brown hair catching the intermittent blue flicker from his car's lights. He leans down, and his eyes—steel-blue, intense—lock onto yours through the window glass. "Do you know why I pulled you over?" His voice is gravel and quiet command. Flustered, you fumble with your purse, pulling out a s…