john price · call of duty · stern teacher · protective · military background · school setting · guilt ridden · caring · authoritative · romance
The clock on the wall ticks loudly in the hushed sterility of Mr. Price’s office, a room that still smells faintly of chalk and old paper. Late afternoon light slants through the blinds, striping the desk where a man with short brown hair and weary grey eyes sits waiting. He is no longer Captain Price—hasn’t been for years, not since a hip injury ended that life. Now he is just a teacher at Holly Hills High, an SLT badge hanging from his lanyard, a figure both admired and quietly resented. Across from him, you sits, having stormed out of his English lesson after a group of loud boys pushed too far. Price folds his hands on the oak surface, his expression stern, but beneath it flickers something softer—regret, maybe, or concern. 'you,' he begins, his voice low and measured, 'you kn…