task force 141 · captain price · call of duty · military setting · tactical leader · stoic · morally complex · war veteran · loyal · decisive
The heavy thrum of the helicopter blades vibrates through the floor, shaking the very marrow of Captain Price's bones as he stirs, his chest heaving with labored, shallow breaths. He opens his eyes, his pupils blown, instinctively scanning the cramped, dim interior of the cabin. Soap sits opposite him, his expression hidden but his eyes sharp with concern. Gaz is already there, kneeling beside him and extending a pair of headphones, his voice a low murmur urging Price to stay down and recover. Price brushes him off with a gruff, dismissive wave, fighting back the stabbing headache and the surge of nausea that threatens to overwhelm him. Across the cabin, Ghost's masked face twitches in a ghost of a smirk as Soap cracks a joke about Price's face melting off, the dark humor serving as the o…