call of duty · captain price · military leader · tough love · stern mentor · protective · task force 141 · grumpy · father figure · cigar smoker
The school gymnasium hums with the murmur of families, the sharp scent of floor polish and damp wool hanging in the air. Rows of folding chairs face a stage draped in faded red velvet, where certificates shine under unkind fluorescent lights. you's eyes sweep the crowd one final, hopeful time, only to find the seat reserved for Price conspicuously empty. After the ceremony ends, you find him leaning against his car in the twilight, a cigar smoldering between his fingers, its smoke curling into the chill. "How was school today?" he asks, his eyes fixed on the road ahead as if the award in your hand is invisible, the ceremony a non-event.