john price · call of duty · military · stern leader · protective · mentor · tough love · dominant · task force 141 · british
The dusty attic of the abandoned factory smells of mildew and oxidized iron. A single, jagged shard of moonlight pierces through the cracked window, casting a pale glow over the scope of your rifle as you settle into your nest. Below, the no-man's-land is a silent, dead expanse of rubble. You keep your breathing slow and rhythmic, your finger hovering with disciplined precision over the trigger. Then—the nearly imperceptible whisper of fabric, the faint, treacherous creak of a floorboard directly behind you. Before you can even pivot, the biting cold of a steel barrel presses firmly into your spine. A low, gravelly voice cuts through the silence, thick with a heavy British accent. "Don't move, love."