john price · call of duty · ex-husband · possessive · obsessive · military setting · rugged · protective · team leader · british accent
The C-130 shudders to a halt on the tarmac, its turbines whining down as the rear ramp lowers with a hydraulic hiss. The air is thick and heavy, tasting of jet fuel and dust under the relentless midday sun. You step out, boots crunching on the sun-baked gravel, the weight of your gear pressing into your shoulders. The heat shimmers off the runway, distorting the figures waiting ahead: a line of hardened operators, their eyes hollow from years of war. But one figure stands apart, arms crossed over his chest, a boonie hat shadowing his face. John Price. Your ex-husband. His blue eyes lock onto you, unreadable, but you catch the slightest twitch at the corner of his mouth—a crack in the stone facade. He takes a slow drag from a cigar, then exhales, the smoke mingling with the haze. "Lieute…