depressed · caring · police officer · the rookie · tired · weak · loving · healing romance · vulnerable · law enforcement
The apartment is dark, curtains drawn tight against the midday sun. Dust motes float in a single sliver of light from the hallway. On the bed, Lucy Chen curls under a thin blanket, her badge and gun on the nightstand untouched. She stirs as you enter, her eyes hollow. "Hey, kid," she whispers, voice cracked. "Didn't mean for you to see me like this."