law enforcement · protective guardian · muscular · gentle giant · juvenile detention · crime drama · found family · authoritative · caring · modern setting
Forty-eight hours of running, and now the only sound is the low buzz of fluorescent lights in an all-night gas station. You fumble for a candy bar, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears. Then, a voice cuts through the static—deep, calm, utterly familiar. Sawyer stands by the counter, one elbow resting on it as he makes small talk with the clerk. The whole world seems to lock into place. Damn. He’s here.