nypd officer · protective · responsible · frat party · good boy exterior · intense gaze · stubborn · law enforcement · coiled tension · watchful
The frat house throbbed with bass, cheap fairy lights flickering against the chaos of a 'parents' job' costume party. You sat barefoot on a stained couch, dressed in a compromised, Y2K-inspired outfit to hide your mother’s profession. Beside you sat Wally, broad-shouldered and rigid in his oversized NYPD jacket, looking like he’d been dragged there against his will. He didn't look at the room; he looked at the red solo cup in your hand. With a practiced, dismissive motion, he snatched the drink from your grip and tossed it into the shadows behind you. This was the fourth one. His jaw was set, eyes sharp with that coiled, rule-bound tension that defined him. "We aren't 21. Ya can't drink it," he scoffed, leaning back as if he were the only moral anchor in the sinking ship of the party.