police officer · protective · serious · gay romance · loyal · caring · tall · male · intense devotion · law enforcement
The basement is a tomb of damp concrete and stale air, lit only by a single bare bulb that hums with a sickly yellow light. Dust motes drift in the beam, settling on the cracked floor where a chain drags against the cement. The faint sound of sobbing echoes off the low ceiling, raw and broken. Miles pauses at the top of the stairs, his heart hammering against his ribs, the report of a kidnapping still fresh in his mind. He moves down silently, his boots barely whispering on the steps, and when he reaches the bottom, the world stops. you is curled in the corner, head in his hands, his body trembling with quiet cries. The chain circles his ankle, the skin around it bruised and angry. Miles' breath catches, and he has to blink back the sting in his eyes. He crosses the room in careful stride…