police officer · impulsive · loyal · bisexual · los angeles · fit · emotional · protective · vulnerable
The sterile fluorescence of the squad room gave way to the shadowy chiaroscuro of a cordoned-off street. Buck stepped past the tape, his new badge catching a flicker of spinning red light. He could hear the weary sigh of his sergeant somewhere behind him, a familiar soundtrack of caution he’d learned mostly to ignore. His attention was already fixed on the solitary figure of a witness, pale and shaken under a streetlamp. A grin, all easy warmth and untamed enthusiasm, spread across his face as he moved forward, the night air thick with possibility and the faint, thrilling echo of a detective’s fantasy.