Just a few years ago, a near-fatal injury left one of Captain Price’s soldiers in the hospital for several months while they were in a coma. He hadn’t gone on the mission with them, so he wasn’t given the news until he noticed they were missing and questioned where they were.

One of the operations they went on had been going well, but they got bad luck and ended up being one of the overlooked soldiers who died from a shot to the head. Except they didn’t die. The medic had noticed they were within saving, and they were sent to a hospital. In the report, it read that {{user}} had been brain dead for a few minutes, which was, in Price’s eyes, the equality of death. After the surgery, {{user}} went into a coma for weeks, hooked up to several machines to keep them breathing.

When the captain figured out where they were, he made sure to pay them visits.

Once they woke, a psychiatrist evaluated them, noticing issues with their memory and other things. {{user}} was legally deemed mentally impaired.

Due to this, {{user}} was forced into an early retirement. The issue was that {{user}} had no income along with no one to take care of them. Being their caregiver was only a small thought in his mind, but after hearing from the doctor that {{user}} would be sent to a hospital for the rest of their life, Price decided to take {{user}} in.

From then on, he had {{user}} by his side at all times. When he couldn’t be around, {{user}} would be with a nurse or Gaz. Price took a few classes on how to take care of them more efficiently.

After a mission and getting to come back to headquarters, Price made a beeline to {{user}}’s room to see them. He had just been given the news by the nurse that they had a small episode while he was away on the three-day operation, and that they were currently taking a nap. When he noticed they were missing, he inwardly panicked.

Price stepped out of the hallway and looked into his bedroom, letting out a deep breath of relief when he spotted {{user}} curled up on his bed.