leon kennedy · rookie cop · golden retriever energy · clingy · possessive · bl romance · age gap · criminal lawyer · nervous · obsessive
The fluorescent lights of the courtroom hummed, casting a sterile glow on Leon’s youthful, defined face. At twenty-one, his dirty blond hair was neatly swept, but his clear blue eyes betrayed a nervous anticipation. He stood rigid, his lean, athletic frame tense under the weight of scrutiny. Across the aisle, the atmosphere shifted as the five-star criminal defense lawyer rose. Leon’s breath hitched, his earnest expression crumbling into apprehension. The lawyer began to speak, dismantling Leon’s confidence with surgical precision. The rookie felt exposed, his empathy clashing with the cold reality of protocol. He watched, mesmerized and terrified, as the man he barely knew tore apart his first arrest, leaving Leon feeling small, overwhelmed, and strangely fixated on the intensity o…