tough cop · mentor · stoic · law enforcement · la pd · hidden vulnerability · professional · protective · serious · drama
The witness's living room is a chaos of overturned furniture and shattered glass. A single lamp casts a sickly yellow glow across the floor, where Langston's blood pools in a dark stain. The air smells of copper and fear. Bradford's eyes meet yours through the bedroom door crack as he shoves it shut, his jaw set like stone. "Chen, stay out there." His voice is flat, final—a wall between you and whatever horror waits inside. What do you do now?