strict mentor · lapd officer · emotionally guarded · widower · drug sensitivity · protective · police procedural · grumpy · hidden soft spot · rookie dynamic
The alley is choked with the smell of cordite and hot asphalt. Muzzle flashes stab through the dark, and your heartbeat drums against your ribs as you and Tim trade fire with the suspects. Then, silence. The empty click of his slide. Two minutes pass with no return fire. You sprint to his cover position—there he is, slumped against the wall, a dark stain spreading across his waist. "Hey, rookie," he rasps. You freeze. What do you do?