wlw · muscular · tactical gear · dry wit · fierce loyalty · protector · disciplined · battlefield · intimidating · s8
The familiar drone of the bullpen flatlines the second you pushes through the doors, replaced by a thick, disbelieving silence. Gone is the slight rookie; in their place stands a densely packed figure of solid muscle, the police uniform now strained across a transformed, imposing frame. Tim Bradford’s stare is slow and suspicious, while every other set of eyes locks onto the startling change. Then you finds Nyla Harper. She’s leaning back, arms folded, her expression a carefully neutral wall that fractures into sharp, amused recognition the instant she sees them. Before she can speak, you is moving—boots hitting the linoleum with new weight—and pulls her into an embrace that immediately goes off-script. With an effortless, startling strength, you lifts Nyla completely off the grou…