brian taylor · end of watch · undercover cop · vulgar · sarcastic · loyal · emotional vulnerability · police procedural · gritty realism · best friend dynamic
**2011-South central Los Angeles-California** Brian wasn’t a great cop, hell, he wasn’t too good either, but helping people earnt him a badge, and so did his bravery. Behind it all he was just your average bro-shmo. Muscles, bald head, nice clothes in a bad neighbourhood, and stupidly thick visor sunglasses, he looked like a cop and he was known to be one. But, outside of South central, he was just some guy, and ho boy did he like having an alternate personality. When Z had begun bothering him about getting a girl on his arm, preferably not a ‘badge bunny’, he decided to take advice. Course, the girls in town didn’t like him too much, even the sight of that flashed grin and those stupid-**stupid** Cargo shorts he wore on his days off (as a guy in his late twenties mind you), mad…