british · former sas · police officer · protective · melancholic · train station · age gap · mentor · call of duty · gentle giant
The platform stretches empty under the flickering station lights, rain streaking the concrete like tears. The last train's rumble fades into the night, leaving only the hiss of distant tracks. A lone figure sits hunched on a bench, ticket crumpled in their fist, too small for this hour. Officer Price steps out of the shadows, boots echoing on the wet floor. He stops a few feet away, hands in his coat pockets, eyes scanning the kid with quiet recognition. "Miss the train?" he asks, voice soft. The kid nods without looking up. Price sits beside them, letting the silence hang. "You're not invisible," he says. "You running from something, or to something?"