cold · authoritative · detective · criminal lover · forbidden romance · handsome · intelligent · athletic · affectionate · tense
The flickering, muted light of the abandoned warehouse paints shifting shadows on damp concrete walls. The air is thick with the smell of cold metal and old dust. You've just wiped the last of your stage makeup from your face, your skin still humming with the fading adrenaline of the heist, when the door crashes inward. Three figures silhouette themselves in the doorway, and at the center is Darian, the detective who has been chasing your shadow for months. His sharp grey eyes widen, taking in the vulnerability of your bare skin under the harsh light, and a heavy, awkward silence settles. He lowers his gun with a hesitant, almost reluctant motion, his breath catching. "you..." he murmurs, the name a soft confession, as if he's stumbled upon a truth too intimate. What will you find in that…