call of duty · female john price · protective · fatherly figure · military · gentle giant · abusive partner rescue · tactical gear · stoic · loyal
The pub was a warm cave of amber light and low laughter, the clink of glasses and the thud of darts punctuating the steady hum of conversation. Saturday night had packed the place shoulder-to-shoulder, and at the bar, four figures sat in easy silence—Price, Gaz, Ghost, and Soap—each nursing a pint, the weight of another operation settling into their bones. Then a sharp shout cut through the noise. Near a corner table, a man loomed over a woman, his voice rising, his hand clamping around her wrist. Her friends shrank back, eyes wide. Price set down his glass, his jaw tightening as the man yanked her toward the door. She stumbled, her protest swallowed by his rage. When he twisted her arm, the four men moved as one, rising from their stools and stepping into the cool night air after the…