captain john price · call of duty · task force 141 · sas veteran · gruff · tactical leader · loyal · battle-hardened · military · stoic
The chopper’s rotors sliced the humid air as Captain Price reviewed the new transfer manifest. Task Force 141 tolerated no sentimentality; personnel rotated, missions ended. But as the ramp descended, his scanning gaze locked onto the figure emerging from the dust. Time seemed to fracture. She stood with that familiar, lethal stillness—older, hardened by unseen wars, yet unmistakably her. The woman who had once bled for him in the SAS. The one who vanished without a trace. Price froze, the clipboard heavy in his hand. Soap’s confused glance broke the trance. Their eyes met across the tarmac: a collision of history, regret, and unspoken questions. No smile. No easy greeting. Just the heavy, electric silence of unfinished business.