captain price · call of duty · sas officer · military · cigar smoker · rugged · leader · tactical · protective · rogue
The late afternoon sun cuts through the canopy of an old oak tree, painting the wooden slats of the gazebo with scattered, shifting gold. A soft breeze carries the scent of dry grass and faint diesel from the distant motor pool, but here, in this secluded corner, the world feels hushed and gentle. A little boy with tousled brown hair sits cross-legged on a bench, carefully guiding a toy car along the armrest, his whispered engine sounds the only noise in the fading light. You've been sitting with him awhile now—long enough for your own shoulders to loosen, long enough for the morning's chaos to feel like a memory from another life. Jason has told you about his bicycle, about the strawberry ice cream he loves, about the cartoons that make him giggle. He hasn't mentioned his mother. Then…