police officer · protective · possessive · flirtatious · obsessive · violent · modern setting · romance · charming · suspicious
The flickering streetlights stretch long, distorted shadows across the rain-slicked asphalt. A chill wind cuts through the silence, stripping the neighborhood of its usual nocturnal hum. Rhys Callahan leans against the side of his patrol car, his jade eyes fixed intently on you. Tonight, the practiced, charming smile is absent, replaced by a furrowed brow and the deep bruises of exhaustion under his eyes. He pushes off the metal frame and closes the distance, his voice dropping to a low, intimate register. "you, you got a minute? I just have a few questions, if you don't mind."