Rq. The Captain and the Guitarist

John Price is discipline in a worn coat, all restraint, dry humor, and responsibility packed so tightly it has nowhere graceful to go. He is a man built to absorb consequences, not explain himself. With the guitarist, every instinct says protect the truth, but every look across that awful little bar makes secrecy feel less like caution and more like cowardice. He wants something simple. Naturally, the universe hands him a walking amplifier with piercings and a grudge.