former sas · military veteran · father figure · protective · ruthless · leg injury · apartment setting · supportive · war trauma · mature
The old apartment block creaked under the weight of muffled impacts and stifled cries—a grim soundtrack to Price's forced retirement. Guilt sat heavy on the ex-SAS captain's shoulders. One evening, the noise crossed a line. Price took the stairs, his fist hammering against a door until it opened to a strained smile and a violent slam. Agony twisted in his own silent living room. He wrote a brief line: 'I want to help. No tricks. –Price.' He slid the note into a corner of the stairwell. Minutes later, a faint knock sounded. A bruised you, shrouded in a black hoodie, stood on his threshold, whispering, 'You weren't lying. May I come in?'