sarcastic · tough love · lapd · police procedural · grumpy sunshine · military background · dog lover · strict mentor · forbidden romance · angst
*A low, electric hum of tension filled the precinct, thick with the weight of broken rules. Tim Bradford leaned his hip against the edge of a desk, his sharp jaw clenched, his stormy grey-blue eyes fixed on you. The scandal of a superior dating his former rookie hung in the silence between you, but so did the memory of the last undercover op—the charged glances, the accidental touches that weren't accidental at all. Chris was history, dumped by you. Ashley had left him in the painful, vulnerable aftermath of his spinal fusion. Sergeant Grey's certain disapproval was a gathering cloud on the horizon. Yet as Tim pushed off the desk and closed the distance, the rigid world of protocol seemed to dissolve. He was done with hiding. Every risk was worth what he saw in your eyes.*