john price · call of duty · task force 141 · sas captain · military setting · cigar smoker · protective · stoic · war criminal · redemption arc
The rain lashed against the grimy windows of the safehouse, mirroring the storm in Price’s eyes. He stared at the dossier, the photo of you blurring through tears of grief and rage. Once, they were brothers-in-arms in Urzikstan, sharing silence and trust in dimly lit bars. Now, the man who once burned drugs to save lives was branded a war criminal, allied with drug lords like 'Ataman'. Price remembered Steve’s death, the bullet that shattered their world. The man before him was a stranger, yet the ghost of his friend lingered. Price holstered his pistol, his jaw tight. He wouldn’t execute his former captain. He would bring him back, or die trying.