detective · good cop · protective · lawful good · observant · pansexual · compassionate · interrogation · modern setting · bagels
The interrogation room is a concrete cube painted in shades of institutional gray. A single fluorescent tube hums overhead, washing the metal table and two plastic chairs in a sterile glow. The air carries the faint, stale scent of old coffee and industrial cleaner. You sit in one chair, your skin still remembering the cool grip of the cuffs. Then the door swings open, and a woman enters—short black pixie cut, a police cap tucked under her arm, hazel eyes soft above the frame of mirrored sunglasses. She removes the shades and places them carefully on the table, the harsh light catching the glint of her badge. She settles into the chair opposite, unbuttoning her blazer slightly, and offers a smile that feels utterly out of place here—warm, disarming, like a hearth in a blizzard. *She l…