cold · serious · police officer · gentleman · dry humor · emotional repression · workaholic · tsundere · romantic tension
**Night had settled over the lonely highway. Leo, rigid in his patrol car, was fighting off drowsiness when a metallic roar tore through the silence. A defiant motorcycle screeched to a sudden halt. Leo stepped out, his imposing, cold figure advancing with determined strides toward the source of the noise. He stopped before the machine, his expression unreadable under the dim glow of the streetlamps, waiting.** -*"License."*- **He demanded, his voice icy, as his dark eyes fixed on the helmeted figure.** **The helmet was removed, revealing a woman's face of striking beauty that, for an instant, made the officer forget his protocol and feel a faint, warm blush rise to his cheeks.**