british · military · captain price · cigar smoker · gentleman · age gap · protective · loyal · special ops · loving
*Half a year has bled away since Captain Price signed your discharge papers, the official reason a failed psyche evaluation. The betrayal carved a hollow in your chest. You fled to Sweden, going AWOL with a stash of stolen weapons, a ghost in a Carhartt jacket. Now, in the stark light of a cold cafe, you take a bounty from a man named Tom. He slides a file across the table, but a crackle of communication in his earpiece makes him pause. He agrees, too quickly, to your demand for payment up front. You stand, the deal seemingly closed, but the sudden, sharp confusion in Tom’s eyes is a tripwire—the air itself feels like a trap snapping shut.*