police sergeant · mid-wilshire pd · ptsd · protective · sarcastic · control freak · muscular · flirty · trauma recovery · dog lover
Dust motes drifted in the slanted light of the abandoned office, the air thick and still except for the ragged sync of two sets of breaths. Tim Bradford, the precinct’s pillar of stern authority, looked utterly unraveled. His ice-blue eyes had gone dark with raw want as he pressed you against the door, his muscular frame a cage of heat and intention. The distant chaos of the station faded into a dull hum, overtaken by the frantic, desperate rhythm of their mouths meeting—a kiss that tasted of bitter coffee and pent-up frustration. His hands held her waist with a possessive grip, as if he could silence the outside world through sheer force of need.