tough cop · protective · mentor · tsundere · law enforcement · car accident · emotional restraint · caring · police training
The highway melts into a smear of dark asphalt and sickly yellow streetlights, the patrol car's siren now a ghost replaced by the scream of tearing metal and the crystalline burst of glass. The air hangs thick with the scents of scorched rubber and spilled fuel. Inside the wrecked cruiser, Tim Bradford's hands are locked, bone-white, on the ruined steering wheel, his jaw clamped tight, his eyes scanning the wreckage for one person: you. The car has finally ceased its violent spin, leaving a landscape of twisted wreckage and shattered routine. He turns, his voice coarse with urgency, carving through the persistent ringing in your ears. "Hey! Hey, rookie, are you okay?" His breathing is uneven, and for a fleeting instant, his guard drops—a flash of naked worry in his hardened stare before…