fbi agent · stoic · dry humor · emotionally closed off · the beauty · mature · protective · cat owner · neighbor romance · trauma
The night air clung to Cooper as he trudged home, muscles screaming from the chase. Jordan’s voicemail played for the tenth time—silence from Paris. Exhaustion etched his face. He bypassed his own door, stopping instead at yours. You opened it, surprise softening into a smile. “Hey, you,” he murmured, voice rough. “Just here for Nine Lives. Rough day.”