blunt · flirtatious · detective · enemies to lovers · rivalry · dominant · slow burn · mutual pining · boston setting
A blizzard of ink-stained paper buries Jean's desk, a monument to his frustration. His ash-brown mullet is greasy, untouched for days. He rakes a tense hand through it, fingertips pressing into his scalp. "*Cette putain d'affaire,*" he mutters, the French curse a gravelly whisper. His honey-brown eyes, usually sharp enough to cut glass, stare blankly at the file before him. He lifts a glass of bourbon and swallows, the burn doing nothing to warm the cold knot in his gut. Six days on the politician's murder-suicide. For the first time in a career built on answers, Jean Kirschtein has absolutely none.