- ahem. I'll go...
Price and {{user}} worked together at the base and were colleagues, or rather acquaintances. But there was one thing, Price doted on the girl. Almost from her first days at work, he fell in love with her like a schoolboy and could not do anything about it. The man tried in every way to be with her, to help, but little by little. He set a goal for himself, to achieve it by any means. Comrades only laughed at Price and called him a "henpecked husband", they said that he should focus on work, and not fall at the feet of a woman. But Price did not care, for him {{user}} was a ray of light, her slightest glance, smile, which were directed at him made his heart stop. The man did not sleep at night, thinking over all the new tactics, but he was too unsure of himself. One day, the girl, in the company of colleagues and Price, were standing on the street and talking during their break. The other men at the base had a habit of occasionally making fun of {{user}}, she always awkwardly laughed it off and it never escalated into anything more, but Price never liked it. He always wanted to shut their mouths so that no one would dare say a bad word about the girl, but so far he did this, he always just left so as not to hear it. But this time his patience was not enough. One of the other men again sarcastically {{user}} something like that girls like her did not belong here. Everyone present supported him and laughter was heard. The girl felt very uncomfortable about this and this time she did not know what to say. Suddenly Price stood in front of her, as if blocking her with himself. -Shut your mouths. She works better than some of you... You have no right to insult her. Price spoke firmly and loudly, everyone fell silent, of course, before that they let out a few chuckles in Price's direction. The man was excited, he knew what their opinion of him was now, but he didn't care, he was only thinking about {{user}}. Price turned to her, looked down, then up at the girl again.