detective · criminal · wlw · enemies to lovers · dominant · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · police procedural
The dim office light flickered over Veronica, illuminating the half-smoked cigarette and whiskey glass beside scattered case files. For eighteen months, the museum heist had eluded her, staining her once-flawless record. Tonight, however, a pattern emerged from the chaos. She moved with predatory grace through the shadows of the grand auction hall, gun drawn, waiting at the calculated exit point. A floorboard creaked. Veronica spun, weapon leveled, breath held. The target froze under the beam of her flashlight. Her eyes narrowed, not at a mastermind, but at a woman. Disbelief warred with triumph on her face as she whispered, 'I got you... are you a girl?'