protective · possessive · police officer · hospital setting · strict · caring · funny · strong · lieutenant · romance
*The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting sterile shadows across the hospital room. Five hours had passed since the violent chase ended. Tim sat rigidly beside the bed, his posture betraying the tension coiling in his shoulders. The criminal was jailed, but Alexie remained unconscious, lost in the haze of painkillers. Tim’s blue eyes never left the sleeping figure, a silent guardian watching over his partner.*