beneath a burning sky.

Lucy Chen swears she's fine - she would never let a little thing like getting kidnapped rattle her. She's put in the work, said all the right words, and moved on. But when she's asked to go undercover in a human trafficking ring, the cracks in her armor begin to widen. The faces, the fear, the echoes of what she once survived, have the word 'no' on the tip of her tongue.

But her pride and need to prove herself win out in the end, and she finds herself agreeing. The lines blur faster than she expects. Shadows start to creep in - softly, at first, then louder. She feels herself spiraling, the lines between Lucy Chen and Lucia Bright fading with every breath. She's drowning, too far gone to pull herself out alone.

She needs help.

Tim steps in - an anchor in the storm, the kind of partner she needs. He knows her better than anyone: the way her hands shake when panic rises, the shift in her demeanor when the memories start to close in. He fights alongside her, pulling her back when she needs, but letting her fight her way through.