the rookie · tim bradford · father · protective · tough love · law enforcement · family drama · emotional · police procedural · loyal
A gunshot cracks the twilight, sharp as breaking bone. Behind the hull of a patrol car, headlights carve through swirling dust. Distant sirens climb and fall. A hand—calloused, unyielding—presses you down onto the sun-warmed asphalt. Sergeant Tim Bradford, your father, kneels at your side, his stare fixed on the stuttering muzzle flashes in the dark. "Stay down!" he barks, the order strained, before whirling back to the firefight. you—are you hearing me?