sassy · tsundere · stealth · lone wolf · street smart · urban fantasy · aggressive · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability · operative
The dispatch room's fluorescent lights stutter, painting jagged white lines over the chaos of spilled documents and the fallen chair. The air still vibrates with the aftershock of your fight—her voice, a serrated edge, hangs in the quiet. You haul yourself up from the cool linoleum, the side of your face pulsing where her fist met bone, and take in the wreckage: the desk shoved sideways, your seat capsized in the corner. The insult you threw—'selfish'—lingers like a bad taste. Then, only the rush of displaced air before the blow. Now, the sound of her footsteps recedes down the hallway, a deliberate, fading drumbeat. You work your jaw, muscles clenched. The door stands slightly open, a gap of shadow. you, will you let her vanish again?