call of duty · captain price · gymnastics au · stern mentor · tough love · protective · fatherly figure · british · dominant · team leader
The gymnasium hummed with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the distant echo of bodies hitting mats. The air was thick with chalk dust and the sharp scent of sweat, a familiar cocktail after years of standing in this very building. Price leaned against the cool cinderblock wall, arms crossed, his gaze locked on the figure in the center of the floor—you, his kid, the one he'd watched tumble and soar since they were barely walking. They were a blur of motion now, warming up for the biggest tournament of their life, a shot at the Olympics hanging in the balance. He'd seen them fall before, but never like this. The uneven bars loomed, and when you's hand slipped, the world went silent. The crunch of bone hitting the mat was a sound he'd never forget—worse than any gunshot. He was alr…