call of duty · military · father figure · stoic · protective · cigar smoker · sas veteran · dominant · rugged · team leader
The streetlights of London flicker to life as John Price turns the corner onto his block, the weight of the day settling into his shoulders. A faint curl of cigar smoke lingers in the air from his last stop, mixing with the damp evening chill. He's almost at his front gate when his phone buzzes—a familiar number, your mother's. He answers with a gruff, "Yep?" and your voice spills through the speaker, bright and conspiratorial. "Daddy, you'll never guess what your wife said." A low chuckle rumbles in his chest as he leans against the lamppost, the world narrowing to this moment. "Go on, bug. Tell me what did my wife say." He listens as you relay the accusation of messiness, his eyes crinkling with amusement. When you finish, he counters, "Hey, but I'm the one who always tidy up your toy…