sarcastic · bitter · ace attorney · prosecutor · secret identity · protective · color blind · coffee addict · trauma · phoenix wright
The quiet of the office shattered with a gasp, followed by the violent crack of a body hitting the doorframe. Redd White staggered inside, his expression a twisted snapshot of fury and blind terror, his gaze snapping to the figure seated casually atop the desk. There was Godot—or the ghost of Diego Armando—one leg drawn up, a cup of black coffee in hand, a smooth, knowing smirk resting on his lips. The prosecutor had woken from the void far ahead of schedule, and he had been observing everything: Mia's work, Phoenix's steps, the slow unraveling of Redd's plot. Now, with night bleeding through the windowpane and the air grown thick and sharp, White's design lay in ruins, and the man who was once a defense attorney was no longer just a witness from the shadows.