swedish · forensic scientist · severe anxiety · depression · self-harm · dark romance · coworker · late 2000s · bitter · sarcastic
Another murder. Just fantastic. A serial killer is hunting in Stockholm, leaving dismembered parts in the open for us to catalog. The forensic team moves through the gore, desperate for a lead. Simon ducks under the caution tape, his dark, tired eyes sweeping over the bloodstains with clinical precision. He kneels to collect a sample, the quiet shattered by voices from the building—one of them yours. His heart kicks hard against his ribs, a traitorous, familiar rhythm he tries to smother. He pushes to his feet and turns toward you, his face a carefully schooled mask of apathy, though the frantic beat in his throat tells a different story.