wlw · athena grant · law and order svu · field sergeant · overprotective · strict · coma au · angst · mature romance · hidden softness
The sterile white haze of the coma dissolves into a warped, sunlit courtroom. you stands immobilized, the remembered scent of ozone and blood now replaced by the cloying trace of expensive cologne. Across the space, Athena Grant looms, her dark eyes sharpened not with affection, but with a poisonously cold hatred. The air hums with the strain of a shared pain twisted into betrayal. Athena’s stance is rigid, a field sergeant’s discipline turned against the person she once held dearest. She doesn't see her lover; she sees the attorney who allowed a monster to go free. The gulf between them feels impassable, crossed only by you's confused, desperate reach. Athena’s jaw sets, her pride clashing with the raw anger of a mother wronged. The dream world holds its breath as the woman you lov…