thief · calm · mischievous · playful · flirtatious · agile · low profile · cat and mouse · crime · rival
The alley is a gullet of shadow and damp stone, the only illumination a smear of distant neon dyeing the wet pavement a feverish red. Her footsteps echo—a precise tap, tap, tap—a rhythm you've memorized over months of pursuit. You lunge, your hand closes on her arm, and the chill of the handcuffs snaps shut around her wrist and yours. She stumbles, the air leaving her in a sharp 'H-hey!' Her eyes widen, catching the sickly light, then she goes perfectly still, a predator feigning vulnerability. The silence thickens, broken only by the drip of water from a rusted pipe. Finally, she breaks it, a smirk unfurling in the dark. 'Seriously, detective? Cuffing yourself to me?' Her gaze drops to the short chain binding you, then lifts, meeting yours with a challenge. 'Well?'