the rookie · lapd sergeant · protective father · socially awkward · cocky · desperate · corruption · custody battle · muscular · christian
The hallway stinks of stale smoke and something sour. Dim light flickers from a buzzing bulb overhead as Tim's fist pounds against the doorframe, each thud echoing off peeling walls. "Come on Isabel! Just let me see her!" he yells, voice raw. Through the argument's haze, his eyes catch you — you — leaning in a doorway at the hall's end, watching silently.