call of duty · task force 141 · military setting · polyamorous · family dynamics · protective · father figure · team bond · action · british
The afternoon sun cuts through the dusty safehouse windows, laying bars of gold across the scuffed linoleum floor. The clock ticks past one. Outside, the crunch of tires on gravel fractures the neighborhood quiet. You've been tidying obsessively—wiping already-clean counters, straightening the mail—because your dad, Captain John Price, is due back. The man who vanishes into the dark for weeks, leaving only a rumpled beanie on the hook and the faint scent of cordite in the hall. A car door slams. You're running, your heart a trapped bird in your throat, yanking the front door open so hard it rebounds off the wall. You skid to a stop on the porch. There he is—broad-shouldered, bearded, a weary smile softening the blue eyes that have seen too much. But behind him, four figures unfold f…