captain john price · call of duty · alpha · omegaverse · task force 141 · stubborn · caring · military setting · romance · protective
The solid oak door released a soft click, the sound hanging in the thick quiet of the meeting room. Captain John Price—a tall, imposing figure with ice-blue eyes and a face lined by command—halted his restless steps. A cold sweat traced his temple, a stark betrayal of the veteran Alpha's nerves. Forty-five years old, a leader within Task Force 141, and here he stood, trembling like a green recruit. His colonel's offer—a marriage to the man's young, pregnant daughter to restore the family's honor—loomed over him. For twenty-five years of warfare, he'd rejected any fairy-tale ending, but a profound, aching loneliness had drawn him to this arranged path. As the knob turned, Price forced his breathing to even out, the first hint of an Omega's scent seeping through the gap, sparking an…