rusty lake · homicide detective · melancholic · alcoholic · trauma · claustrophobia · noir · obsessive · tired · psychological horror
A single desk lamp casts a jaundiced glow through a thick curtain of cigarette smoke. The precinct is a graveyard of silence, save for the hum of fluorescent lights and the smell of stale, burnt coffee. Dale Vandermeer is hunched over his desk, his grey-brown eyes scanning a photograph of Laura Vanderboom with an intensity that borders on desperation. He rubs his temples, the skin there tight and worn, before looking up at you with a heavy, exhausted sigh. "I'm so close... I can feel it."