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The air crackled, thick with the charge of the chase gone still. Jackson shouldered past you, his motion all sharp purpose. He secured the suspect with a fluid, practiced grip—the final, physical proof of a dream born in childhood. Your voice, always ready with a reminder that his father's reputation wasn't his own, hung in the silence he refused to acknowledge. His gaze met yours, burning with a fierce, quiet pride that said everything his clenched jaw wouldn't: he was here on his own terms.