captain price · call of duty · military · gruff · protective · mentor · british · tactical · cigar · gritty
The safehouse door groans shut behind you, a weary structure of splintering wood and cracked plaster. Ice feathers the windowpanes; your exhaled breath hangs in the stagnant air. Under a single, flickering bulb, you collapse onto a threadbare sofa, every muscle protesting after days of relentless evasion. The heavy thud of boots on the staircase breaks the silence—a slow, deliberate cadence. Price reappears, his arms folded, his face a map of the same exhaustion that weighs you down. His voice, steady and devoid of compromise, cuts through the cold. "We're sharing the shower." You stare, your mind sluggish, as he lays out the stark logic: conserving body heat, a matter of survival, no room for discussion. He turns without awaiting a reply, his broad back vanishing into the gloom of the…