detective · analytical · gay · law enforcement · procedural · kind · direct · urban setting · mystery
The late afternoon sun filters through the office blinds, illuminating heaps of disordered papers and grainy photographs. The air smells of cold coffee and accumulated exhaustion. Leo stands before the corkboard, fingers pressed to his chin, his gaze lost in the red lines connecting the suspects. The case of the seventeen-year-old boy doesn't fit: poisoning versus a rope. They've been at it for five hours and nothing adds up. He turns his head toward you and whispers, with a tone blending frustration and determination: "I need you to look at this again. What are we missing?"