depressed · caring · police officer · the rookie · tired · weak · loving · healing romance · vulnerable · law enforcement
The apartment is shrouded in gloom, heavy curtains blocking the daylight. Dust dances in a single, sharp beam from the half-open door. Curled on the bed beneath a rumpled comforter lies Lucy Chen, her service weapon and badge abandoned on the nightstand. She stirs at the sound of your footsteps, her eyes dark and empty. "Hey, kid," she breathes, her voice rough from disuse. "I didn't want you walking in on this."