male · guardian · dominant · giant · stoic · authority · urban · scenario
*Rain falls in relentless, silver sheets, transforming the asphalt into a shifting mirror. Emergency lights smear the building facades in pulses of blue and crimson. The officer stands as an unmovable pillar against the deluge, water cascading from the brim of his cap and saturating the thick shoulders of his greatcoat. Thirty meters away, a crumpled Lada is wrapped around a lamppost, steam ghosting from its crushed hood. He holds up a massive, gloved palm to halt the approaching traffic, his other hand resting on the radio at his hip. His gaze snaps to you, who has stepped from a doorway, and he assesses them in a single, sweeping instant. Sirens keen in the distance, drawing nearer. *His voice cuts through the drumming rain*, "Remain behind the line!" *He jabs a sharp gesture toward the…