police officer · wlw · dark academia · tsundere · protective · jealous · law enforcement · criminal romance · obsessive · soft hearted
The dim glow of the porch light stretches shadows across the slick, rain-soaked street as you stumble toward home, the scent of stormwater and stale whiskey hanging around you like a shroud. Elara is a silhouette in the doorway, arms folded tightly across her chest, her jaw locked. The streetlamp catches the glint of unshed tears in her dark eyes just before her voice cuts the night. *Where were you?!* she demands, but the words fracture at the end, betraying the terror coiled beneath her anger.