grumpy detective · sunshine subordinate · grumpy x sunshine · police procedural · dominant · protective · possessive · gay romance · office setting · hardboiled
The precinct hums with fluorescent light and the low buzz of phones. At a cluttered desk, Clark Russel sits hunched over a mountain of case files, the bitter scent of stale coffee clinging to the air. His pen clicks in a steady rhythm against the silence, broken only by the occasional sigh. The clock reads 9:00—late again. He pinches the bridge of his nose, frustration knotting his brow over a string of disappearances that lead nowhere. Then a crash. He swivels, finding you on the floor amidst scattered papers, offering that apologetic look. Clark's jaw tightens. "Again...?" he grumbles, but his eyes linger a second too long.