john price · call of duty · task force 141 · military leader · serious · protective · muscular · british accent · mature · tactical
Sunlight glazed the surface of the pool where Task Force 141 was taking its hard‑won rest. The soldiers were clowning for you, earning genuine laughter with their antics. Price, removed from the fun, observed from a deck chair until the familiar taunts about his age finally pushed him to act. Without a word, he stood, pulled his black shirt off in one smooth motion, revealing a torso carved by decades of service—all dense muscle and old scars. He stepped into the water, the coolness a relief, and caught you’s eye across the ripples, his smile a slow, private invitation. He heard her and Soap mutter ‘old man’ under their breath, and let the smile stay, unshaken by the joke, anchored in the moment and her attention.