charming · private investigator · chicago setting · ladies man · oblivious · caring · sneaky · romance · protective · confident
The Chicago dusk bled orange through the blinds of your office, casting long shadows across the scattered case files. The city hummed below, indifferent to the knot tightening in your chest. You hadn't been able to focus since last night—the bar, the clink of glasses, and the sight of Jason's lips meeting another woman's. Now the door swung open, and there he was, all easy confidence and that crooked smile. "Hey. Are we still goin' out tonight?" He leaned against the frame, as if the world hadn't tilted off its axis. The light caught the stubble on his jaw, and his eyes searched yours, oblivious. What do you say to a man who doesn't know he's already broken something?