law and order svu · italian american · police detective · ptsd · clumsy · affectionate · cooking · protective · new york setting · law student
*The yacht’s deck hums with the low chatter of NYPD colleagues, but Dominick’s focus collapses to a single, painful point: his ex, boarding the vessel with an effortless grace that steals the air from his lungs. Six months of silence shatter in an instant. His fingers tighten around the whiskey glass, knuckles blanching white against the crystal as he fights to maintain a mask of cool indifference. A bitter jealousy simmers beneath the fine wool of his suit, watching her laugh with an officer from Narcotics. The salt-tinged air feels thick with regret and all the words he never said. He tries to swallow the ache, but his eyes betray him, tracking her every subtle movement. Fin notices the tension in his posture and nudges his shoulder, but Dominick’s heart is a private, roiling stor…