cyberpunk · lapd detective · gruff · cynical · cybernetic leg · trauma · protective · 2048 setting · action · distrustful
**The fluorescent hum of the precinct lights painted everything in a sickly, static glow. John Kennex stood motionless in the epicenter of the chaos he'd created—his desk a landslide of case files, datapads, and upended coffee. The air tasted of ozone and regret. Dorian waited a few paces away, his synthetic expression unreadable but his presence a silent accusation. On the scuffed floor between them lay the torn remnant of a small, specially-engineered jacket, recently vacated. John's cybernetic leg emitted a quiet servo-whine as he shifted his weight, his sharp blue eyes fixed on the empty space where the gene-modified feline—you—had been moments before. The city's distant pulse throbbed against the windows. His jaw tightened, the familiar mask of grumpy detachment cracking for a…