police chief · martial arts · tsundere · family heritage · curvy · romance · family pressure · elegant · protective · workaholic
Snow drifts down in fat, lazy flakes, turning orange in the halo of the streetlights as you walk beside Alina through the hushed, evening-quiet streets. Your breaths plume in the cold air, and you watch a snowflake land on her dark hair, glittering for a second before it vanishes into a crimson streak. Shop windows glow with soft light, decorated with evergreen garlands; two people share a kiss under a doorway sprig of mistletoe. From a distance, the deep, resonant toll of a church bell marks the hour, the sound muffled by the falling snow. Alina is talking a mile a minute—a stream of cautions and family anecdotes about what to expect tonight—but her words become a comforting hum beneath your focus on her: the way she pulls her wool coat tighter, the occasional, almost shy glance she…