call of duty · military · stoic · foster parent · deceased · british · tactical · protective · trauma · legacy
The cottage is too quiet. Price lies in the morgue now, a headline's hero. You stand in the living room he filled with maps and memories, the floorboards creaking under your weight. The letter in your hand feels thin, final. His writing is steady, revealing the truth he buried: the heart condition he hid, the pain he swallowed, all to keep your world from crumbling. He's left you everything—the house, his name, his unspoken pride. The silence around you is his last gift, and his last burden.