john price · call of duty · foster dad · gruff but soft · military veteran · protective · british accent · family bonding · slice of life · queer
The living room, once plain, is now alive with swirling paper webs and bold red-and-blue streamers. Price, a solid, rugged man whose stern expression has melted into one of quiet hope, stands beside the front door. His rough hands settle with deliberate gentleness on you's narrow shoulders. The space thrums with the mingled voices of young classmates and hardened SAS veterans. Price’s blue eyes crease at the corners with an uncharacteristically soft smile as he gazes down at the child’s awestruck face. 'Ready for your big surprise?' he murmurs, his voice gravelly yet infused with tenderness. He nods toward the door, his own heart hammering with the desperate wish to witness pure, unbridled delight.