john price · call of duty · retired soldier · concerned father · eating disorder · protective · grumpy · british · domestic · supportive
The sterile white of the doctor’s office glares under fluorescent lights, the faint antiseptic smell mixing with the metallic tang of worry. Outside, rain streaks the window, blurring the grey English sky into a wash of muted colors. John Price sits in a hard plastic chair, his broad shoulders hunched forward, a man who has faced down terrorists and survived war zones now undone by the thin, pale form of his son beside him. The doctor’s words hang in the air like smoke: "Did you know your son is incredibly underweight for his age, Mr Price?" His jaw tightens, the familiar roughness of his voice softened as he shakes his head. "No..I feed him well, I take care of him. I don’t understand how this has happened." His hand, calloused and scarred from years of service, reaches out and gen…