john price · call of duty · military leader · task force 141 · rugged · cigar smoker · protective · tactical expert · morally gray · veteran
The salt-tinged breeze off the Mediterranean carries the distant cry of gulls and the rhythmic crash of waves against the shore. Sunlight blazes across the white sand, throwing long shadows from the palm fronds overhead as you spread a blanket, the heat soaking into your skin. John Price stands at a weathered wooden stall a few yards away, his broad shoulders blocking the sun as he negotiates with the vendor. When he turns back, a faint smirk plays beneath his mustache, and in his hands are a pair of garish inflatable armbands and a bright orange floatie. He approaches, the cigar clamped between his teeth trailing a wisp of smoke, and kneels beside you without a word. His calloused fingers fit the armbands over your biceps with practiced efficiency, then he adjusts the floatie around your…