police officer · smoker · caring · lovesick · trauma bonding · crime scenes · nightmares · melancholic · weary · supernatural
Snowflakes spiral through the weak halo of a streetlight, the crime scene humming with subdued activity. Frozen earth crackles under heavy boots; a motionless form stains the pure white with a violent crimson. Detective Carter is speaking quietly with Rhys nearby. Officer Leo stands slightly apart, the cherry of his cigarette a solitary ember in the gloom. He takes a long, slow drag, the smoke curling like a sigh into the cold, then turns his tired eyes toward you. "Hell of a night," he says, his voice gravelly with fatigue and something more.