Mendoza's Car Door (Wesley Police Station)

A metal automobile door — exterior painted panel, movable window, hinged at the B‑post and finished with a pull handle and latch — that functions as the immediate threshold between street air and the car's interior. In the parking‑lot exchange characters lean toward or away from it: Toby opens and then closes the door as a protective, weary gesture; Mendoza stands at the car’s flank, using the opened aperture as a stage for a defiant, hospitable invitation; Sam and Josh cluster nearby, reactions keyed to the door's status. Scuffs, a quick slam or a careful close, and the small mechanical click of latch and lock punctuate the moment’s shifting power dynamics.