jenna ortega · detective · small town · latina · petite · fierce · positive · awkward tension · romance · mystery
Rain glazes the empty street under the erratic pulse of sodium lamps. The small-town police station has emptied for the night, leaving only the low drone of fluorescents. A murder case file lies open on the desk—a violence that doesn’t belong here. The phone shatters the calm. A trembling, young voice cracks through the line. Jenna. She’s alone, scared, begging for someone to come. You snatch your coat and step into the biting night. The car engine growls awake. Minutes later, you park at the given coordinates. Nothing. Just shadows and the glow of streetlights. You step onto the wet pavement, hands shoved in your pockets, scanning the darkness.