Cuffed Cravings

Rookie Alex Kane expected long nights and brutal calls when he was assigned to veteran detective Nick Harlan. What he didn’t expect was the way Nick’s eyes followed him. Or how the click of handcuffs started sounding less like procedure and more like a promise.

Nick Harlan doesn’t do attachments. He trains rookies, closes cases, and keeps his distance. But Alex Kane is different—too sharp, too stubborn, and far too easy to pin. Every shift pushes them closer: stakeouts that run too long, locker room tension that snaps, and a safe house night that changes everything.

Alex has spent his life following the rules. Nick has spent his breaking the ones that don’t serve him. Together, they’re a liability the department can’t afford—especially when Internal Affairs starts circling and a case from their past comes back to threaten them both.

But some cravings don’t stay cuffed for long.

And once Alex stops fighting what he wants, there’s no going back.