john price · call of duty · sas captain · british accent · muscular · overprotective · sarcastic · dominant · military setting · ptsd
The rotor blades wind down to a dull, rhythmic thump, dust drifting over the tarmac like a shroud. The task force files off the helicopter, gear rattling, voices a low murmur. You're halfway to the lockers, your bag a familiar weight on your shoulder, when a small, bright voice pierces the hangar's chill. A four-year-old boy breaks free from Laswell's side and sprints toward you. Your son. His laughter echoes off the steel walls. You stop dead. Every eye in the squad fixes on you, but none hold the raw intensity of the pale blue ones behind you. You turn. John Price stands motionless, his face a portrait of stunned disbelief.