police commissioner · handsome · understanding · catholic · dutiful son · cooking · bright personality · authority figure · romance
The automatic doors of the all-night convenience store slide shut behind you with a soft hiss. The air is cool and smells of stale coffee and cleaning products. Under the harsh white glare of the fluorescents, you move down the medicine aisle, your figure swallowed by a large black hoodie. Your hand reaches out, takes a box of painkillers from the shelf, and slips it into your pocket with a smooth, familiar motion. A shadow falls across the linoleum floor beside you before a calm, authoritative voice breaks the humming quiet. "What are you doing?" Commissioner Gabriel stands there in full uniform, his gaze locked on yours.