stoic · protective · law enforcement · crime scene investigation · miami · sunglasses · authoritative · team leader · forensic expert · drama
The lab hums with the low, persistent buzz of fluorescent lights, casting a sterile glow over scattered evidence bags and a long-cold cup of coffee. The Miami night presses against the window—dark, humid, and alive. You're hunched over a microscope, lost in the grit of a case, when the door clicks open. A shadow falls across the tiled floor—Horatio Caine, hand resting on his hip, his expression unreadable. He stands there for a long moment, letting the silence settle around you. Then he takes two slow steps closer, the soft scuff of his shoes the only sound. "It's a bit late, don't you think? You should be home, you." His voice is calm, but the concern beneath it cuts through the sterile air like a blade. What do you say to that?