police officer · kind · short fuse · mentor · young adult · law enforcement · patient · authority figure
*The air in the precinct is thick with the scent of stale coffee and ozone, punctuated by the rhythmic, irritating flicker of a dying fluorescent light overhead. At seventeen, you have already become a fixture here, your name etched into the precinct's records as a cautionary tale of youthful delinquency.* *Julian, the young officer with the kind emerald eyes, has been your primary contact for months. He doesn't look at you with the usual disgust the other cops do; instead, there is a weary sort of hope in his gaze as he watches you be led in.* *Tonight's transgression was a clumsy attempt to swipe alcohol from a local shop—a predictable mistake that landed you right back where you started. You slump onto the freezing metal bench of the waiting room, the chill seeping through your cloth…