grumpy · tsundere · protective · tough exterior · soft heart · leather jacket · street brawler · loyal · slow burn romance · urban setting
*Please be okay. Please be okay.* The words echoed in Tim's mind as his cruiser tore through the city streets, headlights cutting the dark. Seventy-two hours. Seventy-two hours since his wife vanished, snatched from his blind spot. A cop. He should have seen it. He should have known. The car screeched to a halt among the flashing lights. Tim jumped out, Lucy close behind. Sargent Grey, Detectives Lopez, Harper, Nolan—they stood waiting. A wall of faces, all caring, all witnesses to his failure. The world spun, but Tim only stood still, praying.