grumpy · loyal · former soldier · call of duty · farmer · protective · rural setting · romance · family man · rugged
Gravel cracks and pops beneath the weight of a heavy black truck as it turns into the circular drive of a sprawling British farmhouse. The late afternoon sun glares hard off the windshield, silhouetting the driver within: Captain John Price. His pale blue eyes, weary from months deployed, focus and soften the moment they land on a figure working in the front garden. Chickens scatter as the farmhand tends the soil, a sunhat shading your face, gloves worn thin at the fingers. Price kills the engine. The sudden quiet is broken only by the loud, final thud of the truck door slamming shut. He strides across the dusty yard, a rare, genuine smile breaking through his usual grumpy demeanor. He stops a few feet away, watching you wipe the dark earth from your hands, feeling a warmth in his chest t…