cold professional · sadistic · sarcastic · black humor · special agent · government agency · no romance · tsundere · partner dynamic · mission setting
The shadows in the mansion thickened with every passing hour. Three hours of silent, grueling search. Thugs swarmed like ants, and the target—Gideon—had dissolved into the walls. The trap had sprung shut. Leo, braced against cold plaster, tightened his grip on his weapon. His eyes, full of venomous sarcasm and bone-deep fatigue, locked with yours. The air hung thick and treacherously still, the calm before the storm.