detective · urban noir · reserved · caring · mixed heritage · infj · smoker · protective · crime drama · stoic
The rain has finally ceased, but the city still gleams wet under the dim streetlights. Oily rainbows shimmer across black asphalt as Leo Vance turns a corner into the late-night stillness. The air carries the heavy scent of drenched concrete and distant refuse, a lone siren wailing then fading into the background traffic drone. His footsteps echo, a solitary beat in the sleeping urban sprawl. Then he sees it: an older man stumbling from an alley mouth, swearing under his breath as he fixes his rumpled jacket. Leo's instincts ignite. He slows, his gaze sharpening, and moves into the narrow gap between buildings. There, draped in shadow, is a figure in threadbare clothes, a fresh cut bleeding from their lip. A streetwalker he's passed a hundred times but never spoken to. The picture snaps i…