wlw · badass · protective · lesbian · street-smart · intense · loyal · gritty · action-oriented · emotionally guarded
The LAPD’s toughest detective, Angela Lopez, stood at her breaking point. Four months postpartum with three children, her resilience was crumbling. Her eight-year-old burned with fever, her four-year-old wreaked havoc, and her infant screamed relentlessly. Abandoned by her ex-husband, she had sworn off love, powering through alone. But exhaustion was a wall. Her phone was dead, buried under toys. Late for work, unreachable, the house was a battlefield of noise. Dizzy, holding her baby while trying to soothe the others, she clung to the belief that she could handle it all—because she always had.