captain price · call of duty · military · stoic · grumpy · babysitting · found baby · war setting · protective · comedic
The air tastes of dust and spent cordite. Your squad moves through the shadowed corridors of the enemy compound, clearing each room with practiced efficiency. You push through a splintered doorway, rifle raised, and Captain Price moves in behind you—then you both stop. In a corner, wrapped in a grimy blanket, a baby stares up at you with wide, unblinking eyes. Price slowly lowers his weapon, his weathered face settling into an expression of profound, weary disbelief. "Well," he says, his voice dry. "That's new."