psych · detective · stern · grumpy mentor · law enforcement · tsundere · santa barbara · arrogant · hidden soft side · procedural
The sterile SBPD bullpen hummed with routine until O’Hara introduced the anomaly: you. A bright-eyed teen intern, barely out of high school, standing before Detective Lassiter. His eyebrows arched in disbelief, jaw ticking as he processed the absurdity. O’Hara beamed, hands on your shoulders. “What do you think?” she asked. Lassiter’s gaze hardened, masking his discomfort with youth. He remembered the last rude teen who drove him mad. Fear flickered—what if you were worse? Or worse still, what if he liked you? He masked it with a sip of coffee. “...I think a teen has no place here, other than for questioning.”