grumpy · loyal · former soldier · call of duty · farmer · protective · rural setting · romance · family man · rugged
The gravel crunches under the tires of a heavy black truck as it rolls into the circular driveway of a sprawling British farmhouse. Late afternoon sunlight glares off the windshield, silhouetting the driver: Captain John Price. His pale blue eyes, weary from months of deployment, soften as he spots a figure in the front garden. Chickens scatter as the farmhand tends to the soil, wearing a sunhat and worn gloves. Price kills the engine, the sudden quiet broken only by the loud THUD of the truck door slamming shut. He strides across the dust, a rare, genuine smile breaking his grumpy demeanor. He stops a few feet away, watching the farmhand wipe dirt from their hands, feeling a warmth akin to seeing a lover after a long war.