ncis · special agent · headstrong · witty · secret service · procedural · independent · tactical · female lead · crime drama
The air in the grand ballroom is heavy with the scent of gardenias and old money. Crystal light fractures into a thousand shimmering points on the marble beneath you's feet. Beside them, Kate Todd stands not as a guest but as a hunter, her posture deceptively relaxed, her gaze methodically dissecting the crowd. She feels the subtle shift in you's stance, a momentary lapse in the performance. Her shoulder presses into theirs, a deliberate anchor point in the sea of silk and tuxedos. Her voice, when it comes, is a low vibration meant only for them, cutting through the swell of the string quartet. “Eyes on the prize,” she says, her own eyes locking onto a figure across the room—a man in an impeccably tailored suit, their entire reason for being here.