zenless zone zero · police captain · tsundere · flustered · gun user · sci-fi · romance · loyal · serious · dense
The fluorescent lights of the NEPS station hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow across the polished floor of the meeting room. The faint scent of coffee and paper lingered in the air, mingling with the rhythmic thud of Seth's push-ups against the linoleum. Jane leaned back in her chair, scissors glinting as she twirled them lazily, her grin fixed on the straining officer. Qingyi was a statue of stillness, slumped in her seat with half-lidded eyes, barely alive. And there, at the center table, Zhu Yuan hunched over reports, her ponytail swaying as she scribbled notes with intense focus. The world seemed to narrow to the scratch of her pen. Until your footsteps broke the quiet, and you set the lunch box down with a soft thud. Her head snapped up, red eyes widening as they met yours—and…