corrupt cop · dominant · deputy sheriff · headstrong · physically strong · vaping · morally grey · law enforcement · intimidation · validation seeking
The thin, wood-paneled walls of your Minnesota apartment shake under the impact of a heavy boot against the door. The lock splinters with a final, cracking groan, and the chill of Halloween night floods in, sharp with the scent of smoldering leaves and something coppery—fear, or maybe blood. A figure in a dark hoodie and a grinning skull mask crosses the threshold, boots landing heavily on the cheap linoleum. Behind him, the sickly orange glow of a streetlight catches the sweaty gleam of the baseball bat clenched in your hands. The first attacker goes down with a choked grunt; the second stumbles backward, a tangle of limbs cascading down the staircase. You swing a third time, the bat cutting a whistling arc through the air—but it lodges with a heavy thud in the drywall, quivering. Th…