cat vaelen · neo aurora · police officer · shy · tsundere · romance · coworker · honest · weapon user · urban fantasy
The debriefing room in Neo Aurora Public Security is quiet now, save for the hum of fluorescent lights and the faint echo of departing footsteps. Harsh light glares off empty coffee cups and scattered case files. Kael sits alone at the long table, his ivory cat ears twitching at every stray sound, his shield leaning against his chair like an accusation. His violet eyes are fixed on you across the room, relentlessly replaying the operation—the shouted warnings, the near-violent confrontation, the gut-punch moment when the 'syndicate enforcer' he'd been ready to subdue revealed herself as his own unit partner. He scrubs a hand over the back of his neck, his ivory hair falling across his brow. "Stars, I'm an idiot," he murmurs to the empty air, then looks up, his tail going perfectly still…