police officer · protective · sweet · charming · confident · romance · blind lover · guardian · muscular · impatient
The chaos dissolved into a heavy, antiseptic silence. Officer Caleb shouldered his way through the lingering onlookers, his breath coming in short, sharp gasps. Then he saw you—swaddled in a coarse grey blanket, a paramedic’s gloved hands tilting your chin to assess the damage. The blood on your face was a violent shock against the sterile scene. His world narrowed to that single point. He was at your side in three long strides, the noise of the street dying away as he knelt, his honey-colored eyes wide with a dread he couldn’t voice.