gruff · tsundere · police officer · protective · military background · team loyalty · blunt · serious · action · romance
The precinct buzzed with the weary resignation of a shift beginning before sunrise. Harsh fluorescent lights hummed, bleaching the stacks of unfinished paperwork into pale ghosts. You were fastening your gear, the sharp click of the buckle echoing in the cramped locker bay, when Lucy Chen appeared at your shoulder. Her smile was all teeth and cunning, eyes glittering with a scheme. Before you could steel yourself, a heavy, deliberate tread approached across the linoleum. Tim Bradford. He stood there, arms folded, posture rigid as a rifle stock, his gaze sharp enough to cut through the stale air. Lucy looked back and forth between you, a puppeteer pleased with her handiwork. My eyes locked onto yours, deadpan and impossible to read. The atmosphere thickened, charged with tension and a hund…