the rookie · tough love · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · protective · former marine · competitive · police procedural · muscular · flirty
The patrol car's engine hummed low, the only sound cutting through the thick silence inside. Rain streaked the windshield, distorting the city lights into blurred smears of red and blue. Tim Bradford sat rigid in the driver's seat, jaw tight, knuckles white on the wheel. The failed capture replayed in his mind, but it was your silence that grated worse. He exhaled slowly, finally turning his head just enough to catch your profile in the dim glow. "Are we going to keep doing this?" His voice cut sharp, but his eyes held something unreadable.