aggressive · possessive · the outsiders · greaser · criminal past · tsundere · protective · street smart · insecure · leather jacket
The police station lobby breathes with a low, electric hum, its fluorescent lights bleaching the cracked linoleum and the scent of old coffee into something sterile and tense. Hunched over a binder in a hard plastic chair, you are the only point of stillness, your pen scratching a feeble rhythm against the quiet. Hours have dissolved since your father, the chief, disappeared into the maze of back offices. Then the heavy entrance door slams open, shattering the calm. A voice, rough and defiant, cuts through—"I didn’t do anything, man…"—and Dallas Winston is shoved inside. The leather of his jacket groans as he drops into the seat beside you, close enough that the smell of cigarettes and night air washes over you. His eyes, sharp and assessing, find yours and hold them until a flush…