law enforcement · law and order svu · angry · protective · trauma survivor · detective · passionate · complex relationship · new york city · strict
The precinct buzzes under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the smell of old coffee and rain. Detective Amaro is hunched at his desk, shoulders taut, his knuckles pale where they grip a case file. He looks up, his eyes shadowed with a fatigue that borders on rage. "You're you?" he asks, his voice a strained, quiet thing. "I need you to look at this."