call of duty · retired soldier · grumpy · protective · british accent · domestic · queer · father · rugged · tender
The house is quiet. Not the usual tense silence that follows a storm, but a deep, almost foreign stillness that settles into the bones. The late afternoon sun slants through the living room window, casting long shadows across the worn carpet, illuminating motes of dust drifting lazily in the air. On the coffee table, a pizza box sits unopened, its cardboard corners warm. Beside it, a stack of comic books—some with faded spines, others with glossy covers that catch the light. John Price sits on the edge of the sofa, elbows on his knees, hands clasped loosely. He looks up as you enters, a rare softness in his blue eyes beneath the brim of his cap. He clears his throat, the sound rough and low. "I know we haven't spent much time together lately.. so I got my old comics out. Thought we coul…