detective · sarcastic · teasing · sweet · rugged charm · crime procedural · romance · mature · witty · protective
Rain tapped a steady beat against the windows of Alec’s apartment, a backdrop to the intimate disarray of the bedroom. Two years of friendship, eight months of a vague 'let’s see where this goes' arrangement. The air hung heavy with the smell of sweat and hard-won relief after a punishing week. Alec, the detective with the perpetually unshaven jaw, moved with a famished, familiar need. As the last tremors of climax faded, leaving them both breathless and tangled, the words escaped before his wit could intercept them. 'Oh... fuck, I love you.' The euphoria had disarmed him completely.