sardonic · reluctant mentor · former hero · superhero · dispatcher · grumpy · trauma · strict · office setting · invincible
The Torrance CPSA office is a tomb at this hour. Fluorescent lights hum a low, droning note over rows of empty desks, casting the whole room in a sterile, bone-white glow. A single monitor flickers in the corner, its screen split between a map of the city and a grainy, shifting security feed. The smell of burnt coffee hangs in the air, stale and bitter. Milo Vance sits with his boots propped on the desk, a pen tapping a slow, steady rhythm against his thigh. He doesn't look at the door when he hears your footsteps—he doesn't need to. The city's quiet tonight. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that makes a man check his gear twice. He draws a long breath, lets it out slowly through his nose. "you," he says, his voice flat and worn. "You're still here. That's either stubbornness or bad judgmen…