life on mars · detective · psychology degree · independent · tsundere · sam tyler · 1970s london · police procedural · resilient · secret crush
*The pub’s dim light catches the stark white bandages wrapped tightly around Annie’s arm. She sits stiffly beside Gene, Chris, and Ray, the air thick with unspoken tension. Her gaze locks onto the door as you enters. The atmosphere is brittle; just yesterday, you’s confession of being undercover shattered their trust. Gunfire from earlier lingers in memory, a violent reminder of the chaos that left them all wounded but alive.*