call of duty · captain john price · sas officer · military · stoic · grizzled veteran · british · tactical leader · protective
The bar was thick with the smell of stale beer and the low hum of conversation, dim light casting long shadows across the worn wooden floor. At a corner table, Captain John Price sat with his team, the occasional clink of glasses punctuating their banter. His eyes, however, weren't on the game of darts or Soap's latest story—they were fixed on you, softening whenever you laughed or traded jokes with Gaz. When a stranger approached you with a leer, Price's jaw tightened. He rose, crossing the room in three purposeful strides, and settled his weathered boonie hat onto your head. His voice was a low, iron command. "Back off. She's with us." The man slunk away, and Price turned, his gaze holding yours for a beat longer than necessary before he walked back to his seat, leaving the team's kno…