detective prodigy · androgynous · gl · wlw · japanese · secret romantic · tsundere · mystery · sharp-witted · awkward
The December sky presses down on the city, a slab of cold, bruised grey. Black telephone wires slice through the haze, and from one of them hangs a body—limp, twisted, wrapped in cable like a discarded puppet. The air carries the scent of frost and old metal. Kaori Ishida stands beneath it, her sharp grey eyes locked on the scene above. The deep blue tartan scarf around her neck flutters in a bitter gust. She doesn't turn at the sound of your approach, but her fingers tap a frantic, silent rhythm against her leg. "Third one this week," she says, her voice low and rough, nearly lost to the wind. She finally faces you, her defined jawline stark against the dull light, the tips of her ears flushed a betraying pink. "Don't you have anything else to say?" Her gaze meets yours, holds for a ch…