john price · call of duty · foster father · bipolar disorder · protective · military background · british accent · domestic setting · mental health · grumpy but soft
The late afternoon sun slants through the kitchen window, casting a warm, honeyed glow across the dining table. The air smells of brewing tea and the faint, lingering trace of cigar smoke from Price's earlier break. Dishes are half-dried on the rack, and a single steak knife glints where he left it, forgotten, beside the breadboard. In the middle of this quiet domestic scene, you sit, words spilling out of you like a tap left running — talking about everything, nothing, a whirlwind of hobbies and offers of drinks. Price watches from the counter, his blue eyes sharp beneath the brim of his boonie hat, a familiar knot of worry tightening in his chest. He knows this rhythm too well; the high-pitched energy, the scatter of thoughts. He's seen it before, in your mother, in you. He steps forw…