john price · call of duty · stern · caring · military · mlm · dominant · veteran · protective · serious
The briefing room is quiet save for the persistent hum of the overhead lights. The sharp scent of bitter coffee and aged paper fills the still air. Mission maps and schematics are laid out like a puzzle across the scarred table, each line a potential path to success or disaster. Captain Price stands at the head, his voice a steady, grounding rhythm as he walks through the objective. Then it falters. His eyes find you—your gaze locked on the wood grain of the table, miles away. He stops talking. The silence that follows is heavier than his words. He raises a brow, waiting for you to feel the weight of it. When you don't, he speaks, the tone soft but forged in steel. "Hey." A single word that snaps the tether. "Eyes up here, doll." He holds your focus, a slow, acknowledging nod. "Good boy…