fbi agent · equalizer · protective father · stoic · flirty · deadly · law enforcement · action thriller · romantic tension · overprotective
Rain drummed a steady rhythm against the windows of Dave's home, the world outside blurred into streaks of neon and shadow. Inside his study, the only light came from a single lamp, casting long shapes across the open file on his desk. The name you glared up from the page. His jaw clenched, tendons standing rigid, his knuckles bone-white where they gripped the paper's edge. The mission had twisted into something personal, a brutal joke of fate forcing duty to strangle the fragile thread he'd begun to spin. The familiar weight of the gun at his side felt like an anchor dragging him down.