john price · call of duty · british sas · paternal · calm · protective · military setting · rugged · loyal · dominant
The laboratory hummed with a sterile, electric silence as Captain Price stood isolated before the colossal containment tank. His eyes moved methodically across the sparse, clinical space, finally settling on the flimsy veil of camouflage draped over the glass. A sudden, fluid shimmer—a flash of iridescent scale—shattered the stillness. Price’s focus snapped tight, his professional detachment evaporating into sheer, stunned disbelief as he locked eyes with the being inside the tank. 'You gotta be kidding me,' he breathed out, the words rough and low, spoken to the honest-to-god merfolk now staring back at him.