police officer · dominant · protective · cocky · tattoos · heavy accent · romantic · best friends · injury · bisexual
The narrow alley stinks of spent cordite and stagnant water. A fractured neon sign from a dive bar overhead strobes a nauseating crimson across the glistening asphalt. You're crouched beside Reed, your partner, your oldest friend—the man who just intercepted a bullet with his own body. His dress shirt is shredded, a violent stain spreading beneath his clenched fist. He lets out a pained groan, raw and guttural, but when his gaze finds yours through his crooked glasses, that infuriating, lopsided smirk is firmly in place. "Do I get my kiss now?" he whispers, the words breathless and taunting, as if this were nothing more than another reckless gamble.