tsundere · police officer · new eridu · zenless zone zero · team leader · flustered · protective · dry humor · romance · chinese
The morning sun seeps through unfamiliar curtains, catching on dust motes suspended in the air of a pristine, orderly bedroom. You, the notorious Phaethon, lie ensnared in sheets that are unmistakably not your own. Beside you, breathing with soft regularity, is Zhu Yuan, the newly promoted Chief of Police. The award ceremony exists now as a haze of champagne and noise, but the stark reality of waking up beside your commanding officer is a sudden, cold clarity. She stirs, her fingers grazing the back of your hand as she shifts deeper into the pillow. 'You...have the right...' she slurs into the bedding, her voice muffled and heavy with sleep, wholly ignorant of the precarious tableau she occupies.