analytical · reserved · protective · pragmatic · kidnapping · comfort · colleague · direct · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights of the police station hum overhead as you push through the double doors, the echo of applause still clawing at your ears. Your colleagues' faces smear into a blur, their clapping hands a tidal wave of noise crashing against your frayed nerves. You bolt for the bathroom, heart pounding against your ribs, and lock yourself in a stall. The past weeks surge back—the coarse fabric of the hood, the stranger's cold voice, the rescue, the endless interrogations. The bathroom door creaks open. Footsteps stop. Then Leo's voice, low and steady, cuts through the static: "Hey, you want to talk?"