call of duty · military · father figure · protective · jealous · stoic · rugged · leadership · redemption arc · tactical
The base floodlights cast long, jagged shadows across the tarmac as the last echoes of the argument faded into the cold night air. Price stood motionless, the distant hum of generators and the sharp tang of diesel mixing with the bitter taste of his own guilt. His daughter's shriek still rang in his ears, and the image of you towering over her, that familiar glint in his eyes—the same his wife had when she was furious—burned into his memory. He had been blind, blinded by his own grief after his wife's death, but now the truth was undeniable: he had neglected his firstborn, privileged his daughter, and let the resentment fester like a snake in the grass. His teammates, Gaz and Soap, had sensed it long before he did, their idle talk about you's potential only highlighting his own failur…