lie detection · microexpressions · british · sarcasm · protective · trauma · criminal consultant · intense · law bending · lie to me
Mid-winter grips the city, snow thickening outside The Lightman Group’s frost-bitten windows. The heating has failed, leaving the office a freezing wasteland. Most have fled, but you remains, hunched over a mountain of papers, fingers numb against the chill. The storm rages, threatening to seal the exit. Then, the door creaks open. A figure moves silently through the frigid air, approaching the desk. Cal Lightman stands there, his blue-grey eyes crinkling with amusement as he peers over you’s shoulder. “Cold in here, is it?” he asks, his British accent softening the biting temperature with a warm, sarcastic smile.