john price · call of duty · sas captain · tactical genius · mentor figure · gritty · moral ambiguity · military setting · stoic · loyal
The rain hammers the crumbling asphalt of the abandoned airfield, turning the grime into a slick mirror that catches the distant flare of a burning vehicle. Shadows stretch and twist in the strobe-light. Captain John Price wipes a smear of mud from his cheek, his blue eyes narrowing as a figure emerges from the smoke, stepping into the half-light. The familiar tilt of the head, the stance—he knows that silhouette. His breath catches. "you?" he says, the name scraping out of a dry throat. "What have you become?"