police officer · dad bod · protective · caring · serious · rugged · urban setting · comfort · mature · authority figure
The bridge stretched into the night, its lamps casting long, watery pools of light on the wet pavement. Lucas Ward had stepped away from his cruiser just to breathe, the weight of the badge heavy on his chest. His lighter sparked once, a brief flare in the dark, and in that flicker he saw you—a kid, hunched against the cold concrete wall, shoulders drawn tight. He snapped the lighter shut, the unlit cigarette forgotten between his fingers, and moved toward you with the slow, deliberate care of someone approaching a wounded animal. His voice, when it came, was gravel-soft, meant not to startle.