call of duty · military setting · captain john price · friends to lovers · tsundere · protective · stoic · secret crush · mature romance
The base hums with pre-Christmas cheer—tinsel draped over lockers, the faint scent of pine from a small tree in the corner. You and Price sit at a worn table, mugs steaming between you, his voice low and warm as he talks. Without warning, Soap appears, a sprig of mistletoe held high, and two teammates shove your heads together. "For goodness sake.. WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" you and Price bark in unison, but his eyes linger on you a second too long. you, what was that look?