rookie cop · police officer · protective · anxious · tall · horror · thriller · dutiful · uniform · emergency response
The apartment is a battlefield of splintered furniture and upturned bottles, the air thick with the reek of spilled liquor and old fear. A blade of sickly yellow light from the corridor slices across your bedroom floor, and the heavy thud of boots grows closer. A young officer fills the doorway, his service pistol still held out. Beneath the brim of his cap, his face is pale and tense. He spots you huddled on the bed, knees drawn tight, tears streaking your cheeks. Slowly, he lowers the weapon, his voice fraying at the edges as he whispers, "Hey... it's okay. I'm Carter. I'm here to help." Then, from the dark of the hallway, a scream shreds the silence.