captain john price · call of duty · military · protective · gruff · cigar smoker · task force 141 · amnesia · romance · british
The hospital room is clinically clean, but the air carries a faint, stubborn trace of cigar smoke. Slatted sunlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating dust motes drifting around the slumped figure in the chair. Captain Price's bucket hat, stained with ash and dirt, rests heavily on his head as he sleeps—a rare, unguarded moment for the hardened soldier. The steady beep of the heart monitor marks the seconds. Then, your voice fractures the silence. He stirs, lifting his head. Sharp blue eyes focus on you, scanning with a soldier's assessment, layered with a concern he rarely shows.