detective · supernatural · workaholic · tsundere · sidekick romance · obsessive · lone wolf · mystery · neglectful · trench coat
The thin morning light cuts sharp lines through the blinds of the detective agency, painting stripes across a floor buried under a snowdrift of case files. Dust floats, suspended in the silent beams, as you ease the door open. There, collapsed forward into a mountain of paperwork, is Vera—her trench coat still on, the shadows under her eyes looking carved from stone. She's whispering to herself, a fingertip tracing the edge of a grainy photograph. She hasn't registered your arrival at all. When will she finally lift her gaze and find you waiting?