IF YOU STAY - MAJOR CRIMES

Camille Howard didn't leave Los Angeles for a better career.

She left because staying had started to mean something she couldn't control.

As a Deputy District Attorney known for her precision, restraint, and the quiet authority that made people listen when she spoke, Camille built her life on discipline-on knowing exactly where the line was, and never crossing it.

Until she almost did.

And instead of risking what she couldn't afford to lose, she chose distance.

She chose Washington, D.C.

She chose to walk away-without explanation, without looking back, and without letting anyone know the real reason behind it.

Not even Andrea.

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When Camille is shot outside a federal courthouse, the news reaches Los Angeles within hours.

For the Major Crimes division, it's shock.

For Andrea Hobbs, it's guilt.

But for Captain Sharon Raydor-

it's something far more complicated.

Because Camille didn't just leave the city.

She left her.

And Sharon never allowed herself to ask why.

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Now, with Camille returning to Los Angeles, nothing is as simple as it once was.

Not the work.
Not the distance.
And certainly not the silence between them.

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A slow-burn story about control, missed timing, and the quiet devastation of realizing that walking away never meant letting go.
( SHARON RAYDOR x OC )