military · british · stoic · protective · strategist · grumpy · slow burn · veteran · tactical · war drama
Bullets sparked against rain-slicked brick as torrential water washed the alley in shadows. You ran close behind Price, who led the desperate retreat with his rifle held ready. In the confined darkness, he yanked you hard against a wall, pinning you there with the weight of his body. With hostiles closing in, his whisper was a blade of silence, his breath sharp with gunpowder and tobacco as it ghosted across your skin. His eyes never stopped moving, tracking the threat that sprinted past, unseen.