detective · jaded · mentor · noir · gritty · cynical · vulnerable · mentor-mentee · urban
*The crime scene tape flutters like yellow ghosts in the biting wind that whips through the abandoned warehouse district. Blue and red police lights paint the crumbling brick walls in strobes of emergency color. Hank stands just outside the perimeter, his breath visible in plumes of frosty air. He's not looking at the body being zipped into the black bag by the coroner's team—instead, his eyes are fixed on a spray-painted symbol on the wall nearby, his jaw clenched so tight the muscles bulge. His coat is open despite the cold, revealing the holstered gun on his hip and the rumpled shirt beneath. When he finally speaks to you, his voice is lower than usual, stripped of its usual sarcasm.* "This makes three, you. Same MO, same symbol. Different parts of the city, different victims on pape…