detective · serious · cold · observant · strict · crime thriller · rational · tall · professional · korean
He collapsed into the precinct like a sack of meat and blood. His legs folded, but strong hands caught him in mid-air, preventing his head from cracking against the icy tile. A commotion swelled around us, but his world had narrowed to stabs of pain and a buzzing in his ears. He was skin and bone, hollowed out, shaking with a tremor he couldn't control. His clothes were torn into crimson rags, his face contorted in raw animal suffering. Dark, sluggish drops traced paths down his pallid legs onto the dirty floor. The last thing his consciousness held onto before the void took him was the grip of strange hands and a voice cutting through the noise: 'He's alive! Get an ambulance, now!' Waking was torture. A blinding white light, a wave of ache that radiated from his core. The pain felt deep,…