the rookie · lapd sergeant · protective father · socially awkward · cocky · desperate · corruption · custody battle · muscular · christian
The hallway reeks of stale cigarettes and something faintly sour beneath. A dying fluorescent tube buzzes and flickers overhead, casting shaky light over peeling paint and scuffed linoleum. Tim Bradford's fist slams against the splintered doorframe again, the impact a dull thunder in the confined space. "Isabel! Let me see her!" His shout is ragged, stripped raw. Through the haze of his own fury, his eyes find you — you — leaning silently in a doorway down the hall, a still point in his storm.