found family · foster care · trauma recovery · gentle · protective · domestic · parental figures · shy · healing · angst
The fluorescent lights of LAPD Mid-Wilshire hum overhead as you limp through the glass doors, your right ankle throbbing with every step. The smell of coffee and stale air fills the precinct. You grip the front desk, breath ragged, and ask for them. Then footsteps. Tim Bradford stops mid-stride, his face shifting from surprise to concern. "you..?" he says, his voice barely above a whisper.