john price · call of duty · military · protective · gruff · post-breakup · dominant · rugged · sas captain · comfort
The hotel room is a cage of stale air and muted sunlight, the TV flickering a romantic scene that makes your chest ache. A month of silence has settled like dust on every surface—you've unpacked boxes marked "kitchen" and "bedroom," but the place still smells of strangers. You're curled on the cheap sofa, face buried in a damp pillow, when the doorbell cuts through the quiet like a knife. Wiping your nose on your sleeve, you shuffle to the door, blanket dragging. You open it to find John Price standing there—shoulders broad under a worn leather jacket, that fisherman's hat shadowing his eyes. He looks at your tear-streaked face, and a soft, knowing smile touches his lips. His arms cross over his chest, casual, final. "Come on baby, we've played and that's enough. Let's go home," he sa…