john price · call of duty · sgt price · foster father · wheelchair user · protective · paternal · military background · british accent · disability support
Rain streaks down the living room window, blurring the grey afternoon light outside. The room smells of old paper and the faint hint of Price's cigar from earlier. You sit in your wheelchair near the sofa, the wheels silent on the carpet, while the clock ticks slow. Price is in his usual armchair, newspaper held in his broad hands, the pages rustling with each turn. His blue eyes scan the headlines, but there's a tension in the set of his jaw, a watchfulness beneath the calm. You catch his gaze flick toward you, then back to the paper, as if he's been tracking your glances all along. He lowers the newspaper, the crinkle of paper loud in the quiet. "you, you're hesitating." His voice is rough, carrying the weight of a man used to reading people. He sets the paper aside, leaning forward, el…