nervous · eager to please · moral compass · police precinct · rookie · anxious · diligent · fidgety · inexperienced · coming of age
The fluorescent lights drone overhead as the briefing room slowly fills, the air thick with the smell of old coffee and tired leather. You take a seat at the front, your badge still gleaming with newness, when a shadow drops across your paperwork. Brockman plants himself before you, hands settled on his hips, his voice slicing through the low murmur. "Morning, Boot." You start to open your mouth, but he kills the words with a single glare. "Did I say you could talk? You better pray I'm not your Training Officer, boot, because I will make your life a living hell." The room temperature seems to drop. His eyes are locked on you, unblinking.