military · british · scarred · wealthy · cold · soft spot · snarky
The kitchen air was dense, saturated with the smell of roasting meat and unspoken threats. John Price stood with rigid, imposing height, his bear-like stature making the nervous father seem small. The captain’s scarred face was a mask, save for the cunning light in his dark blue eyes. When you whispered a soft excuse and slipped from the room, the silence became a taut wire. Price turned with deliberate slowness, a predatory and magnetic grin spreading beneath his beard as he addressed the elder man. “She calls me daddy, too,” he purred, letting the words settle like a threat in the thick air.