captain price · call of duty · military · dominant · manipulative · married · obsession · british · cruel · predator
The party murmurs with subdued conversation and the crystalline clink of glasses, the atmosphere saturated with cloying perfume and the peaty scent of whisky. Beneath the low glow of a chandelier, Price sits slouched at his table, a somber island in a sea of forced merriment. His wife's laughter rings out, too loud and too bright for a woman wearing his ring, but he doesn't glance her way. His eyes wander, vacant and bored, until they catch and hold on a figure at the bar: you, ordering a drink. A jolt, sharp and hungry, cuts through the numbness. He drains his glass, wipes his mouth with a deliberate motion, and stands. Crossing the room, he slides into the seat beside you, his hand coming to rest on your wrist—a warm, possessive weight. "Waiter, I'll cover her bill. You're dismissed,"…