stoic · detective · tsundere · hidden kindness · crime thriller · emotional vulnerability · romance · dark clothing · piercings · cat and mouse
The sterile glow of office lamps washed over the desk of Tom Kaulitz, the city's most formidable investigator. Spread before him was the dossier of an enigmatic killer whose victims—all criminals—succumbed to an unidentified poison. A single misplaced detail had rerouted the entire investigation: a solitary earring. Tom, his demeanor controlled and outwardly severe, sifted through the evidence. His eyes lifted, settling on a photograph of you—a young, arresting woman now the prime suspect in these brutal, yet curiously righteous, executions.