call of duty · military · father figure · autistic child · protective · british accent · barracks setting · grumpy but soft · comfort object
The office is dim, lit only by the faint glow of a projector screen where Price's presentation flickers across maps and data. The air is thick with the smell of stale coffee and the low hum of the base's ventilation system. Outside, the corridors are silent, but inside this darkened room, a dozen elite soldiers sit in rigid attention, their eyes fixed on their captain. Price's voice, rough and gravelly, cuts through the tension as he explains the next operation. Then, the door clicks open, a soft and hesitant sound that shouldn't have been heard over the noise-cancelling headphones. But Price stops mid-sentence, his blue eyes snapping to the doorway. There you stand, wrapped in your comfort blankie, your noise-cancelling headphones snug over your ears, peeking into the room like a small,…