This is really beautiful! I think you really capture the pace and tone of the show in this. You nailed Tyra too, I'd love to see more like this from you!

I read this yesterday during the 2 1/2 hours it took me to get an oil change (no joke) but I haven't had time to review until now and like most of your work, it deserves a review. So anyway, I first want to say that I think you handled a sensitive topic really well here. It can be hard to write about something like that without making it seem like you're just using it as a device to get from point a to point b, but you really let us /feel/ it without digging too deep and overindulging in the horridness of it. It was the right balance, and it was also exactly how Tyra would (and did) choose to deal with it after being basically ignored by the police- she'd actively stop herself from thinking about what happened (and almost happened) to her, as was brilliantly shown by literally having her thoughts cut off and change direction. Well done. This line was a good one:

"...and says he's sorry in the thousandth kind of way, for the thousandth time."

I love that because it fits Tim perfectly. Seems like he's sorry /a lot/, but you don't always get the direct words- he can't always say them even if he wants to. Instead, there are a thousand different ways he shows it or says it. And this:

"...just wishing some of that golden air would rush into her lungs and make her whole again."

That line is awesome because it makes that first line more than just something to set the scene. It's a beautiful descriptor all on its own, just talking about the "look" of Dillon, the atmosphere of the place. But you take it a step further with the line above- you turn it into a feeling; something to be sought and captured. Awesome as always. I also want you to know that I legitimately went back and had to watch 1x17 because of your tag haha.

"...with a secretive smile that tells Tyra that he's going to absolutely bomb it. She wants to reach up and push his hair out of his eyes, but they said /just friends/ and she meant it, so she curls her fingers against her skirt instead."

Considering the Texas heat, would it not raining again really be a good thing? You captured how Tyra would have been thinking pretty well, but I would have liked maybe a bit more rant from her.