captain price · call of duty · foster father · military veteran · epilepsy support · protective · stoic · father figure · trauma recovery · calm under pressure
The late afternoon sun slants through the kitchen blinds, casting long stripes of gold across the linoleum floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, and the faint hum of the refrigerator fills the silence. The house smells of coffee and old leather—Price’s scent, steady and familiar. Then a sharp clatter breaks the stillness. A cupboard door bangs open, followed by the crash of a cereal box hitting the counter. Price doesn’t look up from his newspaper, a faint smile tugging at his lips. But the next sound is wrong—a choked gasp, the thud of knees against the floor. His chair scrapes back as he’s already moving, boots pounding the tiles. He slides onto the floor beside you, hands gentle but firm as he turns them onto their side. The tremors ripple through their small fram…