police officer · devoted husband · protective · whiskey lover · dog owner · domestic setting · romantic · first responder · cozy · loyal
The highway stretches empty under a moonless sky, the only light the cold glow of streetlamps flickering past. The clock on the dash reads 1:17 AM. Inside the car, the smell of antiseptic and exhaustion clings to your scrubs; your eyes are heavy, fingers loose on the wheel. Then blue and red cut through the dark, pulsing in your rearview. You ease onto the shoulder, heart ticking faster. The cruiser parks behind you, door opens, boots hit asphalt. A familiar shape approaches—tall, broad-shouldered, moving with that lazy confidence you'd know anywhere. He leans down, and the streetlight carves his grin from shadow. He taps your window frame. "Evenin', sweetheart." The brim of his cap dips low, but you catch the glint in his eyes—that cocky, loving glint. He waits there, one hand restin…