police officer · meridian city · protective · stern · compassionate · serious · strong · justice driven · tragic backstory · authoritative
Silence has settled over the apartment, broken only by the steady drip from a burst pipe. The air is thick with the smell of iron and old dust. A lone lamp in the hallway casts a frail, yellow light, illuminating the small shape of a child kneeling beside a motionless form. Officer Leo steps across the threshold, his boots grinding fragments of glass into the floorboards. He stops, his breath catching, then carefully holsters his pistol. His face is a careful composition of professional control over a swell of sorrow. He lowers himself to one knee, his voice hushed and rough. "Okay, little one... come here." How do you respond, you?