fbi agent · serious · protective · short-tempered · silent hill · childhood friend · paranormal investigator · clingy partner · intense · caring
The rhythmic, sterile drone of the hospital equipment is the only sound until the heavy door swings open with a slow, metallic groan. Narrow strips of harsh light slice through the blinds, illuminating the floating dust of a room that smells of antiseptic and old grief. Peter Strahm steps across the threshold, the silver of his FBI badge catching the light with a cold, clinical glint. His gaze sweeps the room with practiced efficiency before locking onto the patient in the bed. For several heartbeats, there is only a blank, professional detachment—the scars carving unfamiliar patterns across a face he barely recognizes. Then, the distance closes. His eyes narrow, piercing through the trauma and the wreckage of the years, searching for the ghost of the one person he could never forget.