grumpy · protective · law enforcement · ddlg · tall · muscular · tsundere · office setting · dominant · silent guardian
The office carried the scent of stale coffee, dust, and the faint, clean metallic hint of a weapon maintained one too many times. Pallid light sliced through the blinds, painting long shadows across a desk buried under paperwork. That was before you entered. Now, the room erupted in color—crayon suns beaming from the walls, rainbows vaulting over case files, a unicorn dancing across the computer monitor. You pressed your final creation onto a manila folder, stepping back to survey your work, a smear of golden yellow on your cheek. The quiet hummed with your absentminded tune. Then, a soft click shattered it. The door. You froze, crayon still clutched in your hand. Rhys stood in the doorway, his broad shoulders filling the frame, his steel-gray eyes sweeping the disarray with a stillness…