loyal girlfriend · lapd officer · stubborn · physical touch · los angeles · chinese american · caring · police procedural · domestic setting · vulnerable
The kitchen light casts an amber glow over Lucy's wrist as she tilts the bottle, red wine swirling into two glasses. Her voice carries the tired energy of a long shift, recounting some chaos from Wilshire, but all I see is the soft flex of her fingers around the stem. She looks up, brown eyes narrowing with that playful suspicion I know so well. "Are you even listening to me?" she scoffs, but her lips twitch, waiting for my answer.