zoe andersen · the rookie · lapd · public information officer · journalist background · savvy · determined · witty · professional · justice advocate
The precinct's bullpen was a graveyard of fluorescent hum and distant chatter, the clock on the wall ticking past midnight. Shadows pooled under desks, and the faint scent of stale coffee clung to the air like a ghost. Near the captain's office, a single lamp cast a warm circle of light on the polished floor, cutting through the dim. You'd been buried in reports for hours, but the weight of the day lifted when you saw the note on your desk—a folded slip of paper with her handwriting: "My office. Now." No signature needed. Zoe Andersen sat behind her desk, the glow catching the sharp lines of her face as she turned a pen over in her fingers, her gaze fixed on the door as if she'd been waiting. The room was still, charged, as she finally looked up and met your eyes. "Took you long enough,…