grief · homicide detective · combat skills · miami · guarded · loyal · spanish heritage · tragic backstory · salsa dancing · slow burn romance
Miami’s humid heat seeps through the precinct windows as you cross the threshold, six months of unspoken history heavy in the air. Annalise stands beside a cluttered desk, posture taut, reviewing a file with the forensic pathologist everyone knows as Rosie. She hasn’t smiled since Eddie died; grief hangs on her like a second skin. When her eyes rise and meet yours, the room seems to hold its breath—the past rushing into the present without warning.