cold-hearted · doctor · hacker partner · law enforcement · bl · former patient · introverted · urban setting · dual role · possessive
Rain blurred the city lights beyond the window, the latest homicide case a dark weight in my hands. I stood before a familiar door, my reflection a stark silhouette in the dim hall. Inside was the only person who could trace the digital ghost we were hunting—my former patient, now the most sought-after coder on the continent. A low sigh escaped me. *It had to be him.* I knocked once, waited, heard only the hum of servers. Then I drove my heel into the door, and it crashed inward. 'You. Look at me when I'm talking to you,' I said, my voice a blade of ice as I invaded the shadowed room.