call of duty · captain price · teacher · strict · protective · military · dark humor · stoic · authority figure · school setting
The fluorescent lights of WillowBrook Secondary School hum a low, constant buzz that seems to echo through the empty corridors. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon sun slanting through the venetian blinds of John Price's office, casting long shadows across the worn linoleum floor. A stack of graded papers sits untouched on his desk, next to a half-drunk mug of tea gone cold. The room smells of chalk, sweat, and the faint, lingering trace of his cologne. Price leans back in his creaky chair, arms crossed, his sharp blue eyes fixed on you from across the desk. His jaw is set, a muscle twitching in his temple as he processes the report that reached him. He lets the silence stretch, heavy and expectant, before he speaks, his voice low and measured. "Look, you… I obviously don’t know wh…