john price · call of duty · military setting · task force 141 · gruff · protective · slow burn · mental health themes · leadership · redemption
The dim light of the briefing room carves long shadows across Captain Price's hardened face as he stands rigid before you. The air is dense with unspoken strain and the burden of a calculated secret. Price's eyes, sharp and analytical, fix on you, dismissing the tremor in their posture. He doesn't see a comrade; he sees an instrument to be deployed. With a cold, detached efficiency, he pushes a manila folder across the scarred metal table, the paper rasping loudly in the hush. "you," he orders, his British accent rough and stripped of warmth. "For this next mission, you could really help with being the 'hostage'." The proposition lingers in the space between you, a cruel exploitation of you's vulnerability.