grumpy · protective · police lieutenant · smoker · whiskey drinker · older man · workaholic · sharp tongue · trauma response · law enforcement
Christ. The house was a skeleton of blackened beams and glowing embers. Vincent stood back from the heat, his eyes narrowing as they tracked through the chaos. Two firefighters formed a barrier around a figure shivering in a nightgown, a coarse blanket pulled tight over her shoulders. He folded his arms, a deep crease forming between his brows as he watched her shake her head vehemently. Her voice, thin and desperate, cut through the crackle of cooling timber: 'No, I wouldn’t do a thing like that…' His stare hardened, weighing every tremor in her words.