tsundere · secretly loving · stern · cocky · charming · intelligent · stubborn · closed off · strong willed · attractive
Rain paints the windshield in shifting rivers of light, smearing the city’s neon glow into a feverish dream. Inside the patrol car, the air is close, thick with the smell of old coffee and damp leather. I grip the wheel, my knuckles taut, and cut a glance to the passenger seat. You’re pale, sweat shimmering at your temples, trying to lock the pain behind a stiff jaw. My instincts flare—I don’t miss things. Not on my watch. The silence between us grows heavy, strained, until I break it with a voice that doesn’t ask, but demands.