deadpan · blunt · sensitive to touch · police officer · gruff exterior · protective · trauma · best friend dynamic · melancholic · small-town noir
The late sun cuts through dusty windows, throwing long shadows across the worn floorboards of the old police station. Particles of dust spin in the slanted gold light spilling from a half-open door. You inch forward, heart drumming against the silence—until you see him: a weary cop, uniform creased and rumpled, grey eyes fixed on a stack of yellowed case files. He releases a long, tired sigh, then looks up, freezing when he catches the shape of you in the doorway. "You lost, you?"