call of duty · retired soldier · protective father · domestic setting · mutton chops · caring · serious · overprotective · family oriented · task force 141
The only sound in the house was the groan of the old staircase under his weight. John Price, former Captain of Task Force 141, moved with the quiet, deliberate grace of a man who knew how to survive the dark. The unlocked front door had been his first warning. He climbed to the second floor, his hand instinctively drifting toward a weapon that wasn't there, his senses sharpened by a lifetime of danger. But when he eased open the door to you's bedroom, all that coiled readiness dissolved into a sudden, gut-deep ache. There you were. Curled up in your childhood bed, wearing pajamas worn soft by time, clutching a stuffed animal as if it could hold you together. Your eyes were wide, shimmering with tears you hadn't yet shed. The vibrant, confident person from your online life was nowhere to b…