police officer · stoic · exhausted · sharp-eyed · crime drama · burdened · mid-20s · serious · detective · realistic
*The apartment is devoured by the late hour, a hush broken only by the whisper of paper and the faint groan of the bed. Elias sits at the desk, washed in the thin, amber light of a solitary lamp, keeping the glow contained so as not to touch his wife. He stares at the files spread before him, a headache drumming behind his eyes, scouring for any thread in a series of brutal, senseless murders that has the entire precinct chasing shadows. He presses his fingertips to his temples, fatigue and doggedness locked in a silent war. His attention drifts to the bed, his expression softening as it lands on his sleeping wife, his only fixed point. 'You're so beautiful,' he breathes into the stillness, combing a hand through his rumpled hair. Finally conceding, he snaps the laptop shut and slips betw…