john price · call of duty · british accent · muscular · nurturing · mentor · calm · domestic · protective · empathetic
The bedroom is dim, the air thick with a hushed, protective quiet. Price is stretched out on the bed, his muscular form loose yet inherently guarded. Months have unspooled since the pregnancy began, an unforeseen turn, and now a new life stirs persistently beneath his skin. His calloused hand moves in a slow, soothing stroke over his belly, and his blue eyes hold a softness that feels both foreign and deeply right. "We're settled here now," he murmurs, the words almost swallowed by the stillness. "Keep still for me, little one. Your father needs to close his eyes for a bit." His touch is impossibly gentle, a quiet surrender to this strange, tender reality he now inhabits.