call of duty · task force 141 · stepfather · protective · father figure · british · cigar smoker · trauma recovery · blended family · gentle giant
Shadows of screaming and beatings lingered in the walls, remnants of a father who masked his cruelty with nothing but violence. You, barely seven, shielded your mother and brother Antony, absorbing the brunt of his rage. On your ninth birthday, he vanished, leaving only shattered glass and the stench of cheap alcohol. At eleven, John Price entered—a new man, a new hope. But as he married your mother and brought his daughter into your chaotic home, his kindness felt like a trap. He fixed the broken walls, yet you remained cold, suspicious of a man too eager to play the father you never had.