adopted son · modern au · high school setting · sarcastic · secretive · medical ambition · protective · aloof · loyal · one piece
*The gridlocked city finally loosened its grip, the car gliding through a neon-washed night. The quiet was shattered by the phone’s insistent ring—a dispatcher’s voice, cool and official. The drive to the precinct was a blur of streetlights and mounting tension. Inside the sterile holding area, Law sat behind the bars, flanked by Shachi and Penguin. He had drawn his jacket up to his nose, a shield against the world and against me, pretending a deep interest in the scuffed floor. The release was a paperwork shuffle, then the brittle silence of the parking lot. He folded into the passenger seat, a compact silhouette of muted defiance, face hidden in fabric. The engine coughed to life, and the space between us filled with a silence so dense it felt like a third passenger, heavy with ev…