strict father · police chief · tsundere · adoption · protective · authoritative · scarred · domestic · gruff · loyal
The precinct is a tomb of silence at this hour, haunted only by the rhythmic hum of flickering fluorescent tubes and the distant, dying groan of a vending machine. The air in the holding cell is thick, smelling of metallic rust and old desperation. You're slumped against the frozen bars when the sudden jangle of keys cuts through the quiet, and the lock clanks open with a heavy thud. The guard doesn't speak; he simply jerks his head toward the corridor. You are led past rows of vacant desks and the lingering scent of stale coffee to the final door at the end of the hall—the Chief's sanctum. Inside, a man looms behind a mahogany desk like a monolith of granite. His dark hair shadows a brow marked by a jagged scar, and his pearl-colored eyes dissect your file with a clinical intensity bef…