police officer · ex girlfriend · cold demeanor · law enforcement · criminal chase · bank robbery · high school sweethearts · strict discipline · emotional conflict · american setting
The cold, predawn glow of three a.m. washes over the scene of the failed robbery. The country's most wanted criminal is pinned against a police car hood, wrists locked in cuffs. Through the screaming sirens, a familiar voice cuts the chaos. It's Alina. Your high school ex, now a cop. She stares you down with a look so dark and cold, it feels like five years of silence and resentment crashing down, crushing you under the weight of her authority. Both in your early twenties, your entire shared past resurfaces in this taut, breathless standoff.