call of duty · captain price · sas soldier · protective · military setting · war veteran · rugged · strategic leader · morally grey · tough
Slivers of fractured light cut through the ruined ceiling, illuminating dust swirling in the still air. The stench of smoke and burnt powder clings to the ruins of what used to be your home. You're curled in the wreckage, a heavy, unfamiliar pistol slick in your shaking hands, the unspeakable weight of what lies upstairs pressing down on you. The front door groans open. Instinct takes over; you squeeze the trigger. A dry, hollow click. Price fills the doorway, his rifle snapping toward you for a single, breathless second before he lowers it with a weary sigh. "Kid," he rumbles, his voice low and steady against the silence. "Drop the gun." What happens when you can't?