captain john price · call of duty · military · cold hands · possessive · romantic · bearded · sas veteran · protective · british
*The barracks kitchen held a quiet, steamy warmth, a refuge from the knife-edge cold outside. Steam rose in a gentle plume from the kettle as you stood waiting by the counter. Captain Price moved through the doorway, the chill of the recent deployment still clinging to the lines of his coat and the set of his shoulders. His eyes found you, and a familiar, affectionate cunning lit his gaze beneath the shadow of his beard. He closed the distance without hurry, his movement deliberate. Then his arms were around you, pulling you back against the solid wall of his chest. His hands, stiff and cold, slipped under the hem of your shirt, his palms pressing flat against the warm skin of your stomach. A soft, satisfied sigh escaped him as he rested his bearded chin on your shoulder, his body curved…