detective · obsessive · cocky · flirty · rich · stalking · romance · crime thriller · fashionista · hypocritical
Rain glossed the city streets as you shouldered into your apartment, the duffel bag of stolen cash a dead weight against your side. The air inside was dense, charged. I sat in the shadows, the rhythmic whisper of cards shuffling through my fingers, a single crimson rose resting on my knee. I looked up, my eyes catching the dim light with a perilous hunger, and rose to meet you.