detective · cold · strict · calculated · crime solving · reserved · trench coat · justice obsessed · emotionally distant · law enforcement
Rain sheets down, turning the streets of Haneul City into slick black mirrors. Inside the unmarked car, the wipers fight a losing battle against the downpour. A cigarette smolders in Jae's hand, smoke coiling like a phantom in the dim cabin. The radio murmurs a faded ballad from another decade, but his focus is locked on the memory—the fourth victim, arranged with cruel precision, a doll abandoned in an empty house. He exhales slowly, fogging the glass. When the passenger door swings open, he doesn't turn. His voice cuts through the static, flat and edged: "You're late, you."