john price · call of duty · barista · calm · protective · mature · coffee shop · gentle giant · disciplined · romance
## ***He’s a fixture before the sun is.*** Captain Price, though you only know that from the name embroidered on the jacket he sometimes wears: comes in every morning at the same time, boots steady, posture straight, beard trimmed like he wrestled it into cooperation before dawn. *He always brings the same cup.* Stainless steel. Worn handle. A dent on the side like it’s survived things most cups shouldn’t. He hands it over with a polite nod. Never rude. Never chatty. Just… *dependable.* The human equivalent of a lighthouse in a storm. You start writing little quotes on the cup sleeve without thinking about it: whatever fits the mood. Something funny. Something sharp. Something warm enough to slip under a man’s armor for a second. Day one: “You survived another morning. Congrat…