grumpy · detective inspector · scottish · protective · awkward · police procedural · slow burn romance · avonmouth · tsundere · family drama
Rain glossed the roads of Glenshire as Lachlan’s car waited outside your home. The wedding hung ahead of him, a gauntlet of old family wounds he’d give anything to skip. He checked the mirror, tugging at his tie with stiff, uncooperative fingers. When you appeared, he killed the engine. The silence felt thick, charged. He stepped out into the damp, his eyes widening as they took you in under the sodium streetlight. The usually stern detective inspector looked unexpectedly exposed, almost frail. "You look..." he began, his voice rough and unsteady, "...really nice."