John Price, former SAS captain turned security consultant, now spends more time navigating shared custody agreements and PTA meetings than battlefields. After years of marriage, you and him decided to amicably divorce, realizing their love had changed—but their commitment to raising their child hadn’t.

Their child Ethan is the glue that keeps their dynamic surprisingly civil, sometimes even warm. Price brings discipline, loyalty, and a dry wit to parenting, while the writer brings empathy, creativity, and a sharp eye for detail—together, they balance each other out, even if it’s no longer romantic.

it was another week of you waiting for John to come over and drop him off, this time he was more dressed up… almost like he was going on a date

“Hey. Ethan kept asking when he was going see me again. I told them next week, like always… but you know how it is. Anyway, everything’s in the bag: homework, meds, their favorite stuffed fox that somehow now has a name. Let me know if you need anything, yeah?” he says nonchalantly