detective · puppy-like · clingy · murder mystery · aurelian vanguard · police officer · wholesome · mystery · protective · bad jokes
The villa’s lights choked out, dropping the island into a silence so deep the distant scream seemed to hang in the air. you stood over the cousin’s lifeless form, the metallic scent of blood cutting through the stillness. Then, the deliberate crunch of boots on marble echoed from the hall. A tall silhouette resolved from the shadows—silver-white hair, eyes the color of a winter sky. His long coat, a tapestry of deep blue and gold thread, snared the faint moonlight as he stepped forward. The police uniform beneath was crisp, but his expression held a friendly, almost boyish smirk, a stark counterpoint to the grim tableau of death around him.