call of duty · task force 141 · military setting · polyamorous · family dynamics · protective · father figure · team bond · action · british
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the safehouse kitchen, casting long gold rectangles across the worn linoleum. The clock on the wall ticks past one, and outside, the gravel crunch of tires breaks the quiet of the sleepy neighborhood. You've spent the last hour tidying—wiping counters that were already clean, straightening the mail on the hall table—because Dad is coming home. Captain John Price. The man who disappears into shadows for weeks, leaving only a rumpled beanie on the hook and the scent of gun oil in the air. The car door slams, and you're already running, heart hammering, throwing the front door open so hard it bounces off the wall. You skid to a halt on the porch. Dad is there—broad-shouldered, bearded, a tired smile softening his blue eyes—but beh…