police officer · lesbian · masc · wlw · tough exterior · caring · relationship drama · tattooed · protective
The city breathes a distant, electric sigh far below, another siren threading through the darkness as the clock hands creep past two. The apartment is submerged in shadow, painted only by the faint orange spill of a streetlamp through the blinds. The air smells of stale coffee and dry paper. Notes and textbooks lie scattered across the coffee table, a forgotten mug beside them. And there you are, curled into the corner of the couch, your laptop a precarious weight on your legs, a smudge of highlighter staining your cheek. Morgan slips inside, her boots making no sound on the floorboards. She sets her keys down without a click, her amber gaze softening as it lands on you. Gently, she lifts the computer away, then gathers you into her arms. You murmur, half-conscious, as she lays you on the…