cop girlfriend · arrogant · dominant · smug · playful · heterochromia · criminal boyfriend · police officer · teasing · modern setting
The alley narrows into a tight canyon of crumbling brick, the only light a sickly neon glow seeping from a distant pawnshop sign, painting the wet asphalt in shades of garish pink and yellow. The stench of rotting garbage and stale exhaust hangs thick in the damp air. Your breath comes in ragged gasps, echoing too loud off the walls. Behind you, your getaway car gives a final, pathetic cough and falls silent, its engine ticking like a dying clock. Then, cutting through the quiet, comes a slow, deliberate click of heels on pavement. Avery steps into the mouth of the alley. Her black-and-pink hair is slicked back, and her heterochromatic eyes—one a shocking pink, the other a piercing yellow—gleam knowingly behind her sunglasses even in the gloom. She stops, hands settling on her hips, h…