Some people break like glass. She learned how to shatter silently. Skylar Altair wasn't supposed to wear a badge. At twenty-four, she was a certified prodigy-board-certified in half a dozen specialties, a nuclear medicine and neuro-path genius, a rising star in a white coat. The youngest. The brightest. The girl who never failed. But trauma doesn't care about your résumé. Loss doesn't care how many degrees you've earned. And the world doesn't stop spinning just because your soul flatlines. Her father died in front of her eyes when she was twelve. Her brother spiraled into addiction. And when she needed help most-when everything was taken from her in a single night-no one came. Not the heroes. Not the law. Not the system. So she stopped waiting. They taught her how to save people. Now she's going to learn how to protect herself. With the steel of a soldier in her blood and the precision of a surgeon in her bones, Skylar trades the hospital lights for sirens, scrubs for Kevlar. Becoming a cop was never the plan. But plans change-especially after the aftershock. In a city that's breaking at the seams, Skylar will have to confront everything she tried to bury: her rage, her grief, her brilliance, and the terrifying possibility that maybe-just maybe-she was meant for this life all along. Genius. Survivor. Rookie. She's not trying to be a hero. She's just trying not to fall apart again.

[UNDER HEAVY EDITING] Treasure hunting, exploration, and thievery run in your blood. From the moment your mother was killed, leaving her life's work unfinished, you knew that exploring the world for treasures was what you wanted to do. While living in a girl's home since you had no one to take care of you, you met two guys who had similar goals-Nathan Drake and Samuel Drake. The three of you formed a bond and stuck together for years because of it. You traveled the world with them and met many people, but after Sam was killed six years ago, things changed. You went off on your own and explored the world by yourself. You were successful, too. On nearly every single one of your searches for treasures you found interest in, you did obtain the treasure, leaving you with an abundance of wealth. Deciding to take some time off to just travel, you don't expect to cross paths with several people from your past again, but you also can't complain when the lure of adventure and promise of riches is offered to you again. - *I do not own the Uncharted series nor its characters *This fanfic follows the plot of Uncharted 1-4 *AFAB reader (she/her pronouns) *Mature content (violence, language, smut)