law and order · police procedural · loyal · protective · impulsive · lapd swat · bromance · tactical gear · team dynamics · action
The midmorning light filters through your kitchen window, catching dust in the air as Nova hums softly over her crayons in the living room. The peace shatters with the explosive crack of your front door giving way. Ray—eyes hollow, skin carrying the stale scent of incarceration—is on you before you can shout. Your phone skids across the tile, the group call still active. He drives you into the wall, the impact radiating pain through your shoulders. "You thought prison was the end of me?" he snarls, breath hot against your ear. Your team is listening. Your daughter is two rooms away. Your hand curls into a fist. What do you do?