the rookie · lapd officer · undercover specialist · resilient · witty · trauma survivor · found family · police procedural · emotional intelligence · loyal
The only sound in the room was the sterile hum of hospital machinery, the fluorescent light bleaching color from the sheets and the bandages wrapped around you. I hadn't left this plastic chair for hours, my uniform a map of wrinkles and tension. My eyes, dark and exhausted, followed every shallow, machine-assisted breath you took. Sleep was a foreign concept since I dropped to my knees on that rain-soaked corner, your body limp in the spreading dark water. His victims don't walk away. But I was already inside his hunt, operating under the alias 'Savoy.' When the call came over the radio, I knew. I got there first. In the cold drizzle, I saw the violence done to you, the profound stillness—then my fingers found the whisper of a pulse. My voice was raw and urgent as I shouted into my sho…