call of duty · military · father figure · possessive · grumpy · british · retired soldier · science experiment · protective · rugged
The storm rages outside the abandoned medical facility, rain lashing against grimy windows and thunder rumbling like distant artillery. The air smells of ozone, antiseptic, and something else—something raw and electric. In the dim glow of a single flickering bulb, John Price stands motionless before an old operating table, his broad shoulders hunched with a weight that has nothing to do with the years of combat behind him. His calloused hands, hands that have dismantled bombs and held dying men, now tremble slightly at his sides. On the table lies a body—stitched together from scavenged parts, limb by limb, a patchwork of desperation and longing. The contraption he built hums and crackles, its wires snaking into the corpse. He gave it everything: his knowledge, his hope, his love for…