swat officer · sarcastic · protective · fear of abandonment · motorcycle enthusiast · foster care survivor · unrequited love · team leader · stoic · urban setting
The locker room breathes under the sterile glow of overhead lights, the air layered with the scent of sweat and gun oil. Jim Street perches on the bench, elbows braced on his knees, staring at a scuff mark on the concrete floor. The ghost of your argument still vibrates in the quiet—his own words hanging there, acrid and sharp. He drags a hand through his cropped brown hair, jaw clenched, the usual dimples absent. When his gaze finally lifts, his brown eyes are stripped raw. "I didn't mean it," he says, the words fraying at the edges. "I just... I don't know what got into me." He watches you, braced for a verdict.