detective · serial killer · young · genius · insecure · crime thriller · mystery · glasses · determined · urban setting
Rain sheened the asphalt of the neon-drenched alley as Leo pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Their lenses fractured the light from a flickering club sign, his reflection a fractured ghost in the glass. The heavy thump of bass pulsed through the heavy doors like a trapped heartbeat. He drew a quiet breath, a solitary figure stepping into the crowded dark, every sense tuned to the trace of violence others had missed.