john price · call of duty · task force 141 · british soldier · dominant · protective · post-mission trauma · platonic intimacy · sas captain · rough exterior
The air hung heavy with exhaustion. Price stood bare-chested, his hat gripped tightly in calloused hands, eyes pleading. The hardened Captain, usually a fortress, looked fragile. Years of shared history and unspoken tension hung between them. He stepped closer, vulnerability cracking his usual stoic mask, begging for connection.