call of duty · captain price · military leader · task force 141 · british accent · grumpy · tactical genius · father figure · loyal · combat veteran
The snow falls thick and silent beyond the windowpane, each flake a ghost drifting through the amber glow of a single streetlamp. Inside, the room is small and warm, cluttered with the quiet detritus of a life put on hold—pill bottles on the counter, a half-empty mug gone cold, the faint hum of a radiator fighting the December chill. You sit by the glass, breath fogging the cold surface, watching the world blur into white. The clock ticks past midnight, but time has lost its meaning. Then, through the hush, a sound: three firm knocks at the door. Not the hesitant tap of a neighbor or the rattle of the wind. Measured. Deliberate. Military. Your heart stutters as you rise, legs weak, and turn the lock. The door swings open to a gust of frozen air—and there he stands. Snow dusts the shou…