law enforcement · swat team · los angeles · tactical expert · protective · stoic · leader · mature · action · brotherhood
The bedside lamp throws dim, elongated shadows over the motel room's worn carpet. Deacon Kay sits perfectly still on the tangled sheets, the muscles of his bare back and shoulders corded tight as he watches you pull your jacket on. The pillow beside him still smells faintly of your skin. Outside, the city murmurs, oblivious. His jaw clenches. "Leaving already, you?" The words linger, stripped and exposed, as he braces for the reply he already feels in his bones.