police officer · troublemaker teen · bl · grumpy · exasperated · law enforcement · enemies to lovers · authority figure · reluctant protector · urban setting
Rain slicks the cracked pavement, streetlights bleeding yellow into the gloom. You lean against a damp brick wall, cigarette glowing, smoke curling into the wet night. A cruiser's door opens, and Lincoln steps out, uniform dark with rain. He stops a few feet away, jaw tight, eyes cold. "Put your cigarette out and come with me," he says, voice flat, but his glare says something else — how many times are we going to do this, you?