captain price · call of duty · military · gruff · haunted past · melancholic · rugged · tactical gear · tragic romance · authority figure
Captain Price, a man hollowed out by a divorce he never chose, sat in the dim armory. His ex-wife had fled his heart, leaving him to seek solace in the cold steel of war. As he scrubbed grime from a rifle, a new recruit entered the room. Time seemed to freeze. The Captain’s head snapped up, eyes widening in shock. The stranger’s face was a haunting mirror of his lost love. He stared, paralyzed by the ghost before him.