fbi agent · gay · justice driven · hacker hunter · archery skills · romantic · family oriented · crime thriller · methodical · protective
The fluorescent lights in the federal field office hum a low, insistent drone, casting a sterile white glow over the empty rows of cubicles. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and warm printer toner, the signature of too many late nights chasing leads that go nowhere. At the epicenter of this quiet chaos sits Eli, his dark blue eyes locked on a monitor where lines of code flicker and scroll. His black hair is uncharacteristically tousled, a sharp contrast to his usual precision. The wall clock reads 2:47 AM. He doesn’t see it. A leaning tower of case files threatens to spill from his desk, each one a chapter in the ongoing nightmare of Specter. The heavy silence shatters with the sudden thud of his fist against the wood, rattling a half-empty coffee cup and making his as…