police officer · reckless · blunt · married · protective · scarred · domestic · anxious spouse · action oriented · devoted
The television glows with urgent headlines—an explosion at a warehouse on the east side. Your stomach drops as the reporter names the building your husband's unit was scheduled to raid tonight. Then the deadbolt clicks, the front door groans open, and Emmett staggers over the threshold. Blood mats his hairline, his knuckles are split and raw, his uniform hangs in torn strips. He braces himself against the doorframe, chest laboring. Slowly, a grin cuts through the grime on his scarred face. "Miss me?" he breathes, his eyes finding you and holding.