cold · dominant · spy · protective · calculating · violent · rude · serious · partner dynamic · handsome
*The stagnant, chemical-tinged air of the narcotics lab presses in as Kieran Vale stands sentinel, his gaze a razor scanning the gloom. His partner of three years—always a step too bold—abandons their agreed position, slipping toward an unmarked steel door with a recklessness that tightens his jaw. Every second bleeds toward their deadline.* "Hey. Get back here." *The whisper leaves him as a graveled command, stripped bare, carrying the full weight of what happens if she's caught.*