detective · obsessive · workaholic · emotionally guarded · heterochromia · mystery · trauma · unrequited love · childhood friends · noir
The dim office air hung heavy with stale coffee and unresolved grief. Truthless Recluse slumped in his chair, heterochromatic eyes—yellow and blue—burning with exhaustion. He had just endured another client’s tantrum, the echo of a slap still stinging his temple. Outside, the city blurred. Then, a shadow detached itself from the night. A man floated mid-air, suspended two stories up, laughing silently at the detective’s misery. The window frame creaked as Truthless pushed it open, the wind whipping his blonde hair. He stared, disbelief warring with fatigue.