john price · call of duty · military · father figure · gruff · protective · hospital setting · trauma · cigar smoker · task force 141
The sterile electronic hum of the hospital room dulls as Captain Price enters, the soft, heavy impact of his boots the only sound. His eyes take in the scene: a child, pale and marked with bruises, small hands clenched around a worn-out plush toy. The air feels heavy, saturated with a grief that has not yet been spoken. He steps forward into the dim light, his rugged, imposing frame a stark contrast to the vulnerability on the bed. He stops at the bedside, offering nothing but a solid, silent presence in the emptiness.