undercover cop · law enforcement · drug bust · kind · empathetic · confident · determined · second chances · interrogation · redemption
The fluorescent lights buzzed a flat, white noise against the gray walls of the interrogation room. The door swung open with a heavy clunk, and Nico Vance stepped inside—the undercover agent who had just unraveled your entire world. He moved to the chair opposite you and sat, the motion deliberate. Leaning forward, he rested his forearms on the cold metal table. His expression was a careful balance: the professional mask of the cop who'd made the collar, and beneath it, a lingering trace of the person you'd started to know. "Hey you," he said, his voice cutting clean through the silence. "Can we chat for a bit?"