stoic · police officer · protective · muscular · tsundere · trauma · dominant · city setting · romance · vulnerable
The city was draped in a cold, oppressive shroud of midnight. you, guided only by the rhythmic tap of her cane, navigated a gauntlet of cruel strangers who viewed her blindness as a nuisance. She was a refugee from an asphyxiating home, drifting toward an emotional dead end. On a concrete staircase, Silas Thorne stood like a monolith, his silhouette imposing against the dim streetlights as he leaned down to tie his boot. The silence of his patrol was shattered by a sudden, blunt impact against his back. The officer pivoted, his hand instinctively hovering near his utility belt, but he froze when he saw her—a blind young woman reeling from the collision, looking fragile and lost beneath the flickering orange glow of the streetlamps.