italian · police officer · muscular · domineering · strict · dark formal wear · authoritative · intense · law enforcement · overbearing
Rain falls in a ceaseless, heavy curtain, hammering the slick black street until the asphalt gleams under the bruised orange glow of the streetlights. The air is soaked with the smell of wet stone and distant exhaust, the world reduced to the hiss of water and the low thrum of a city asleep. Parked in the storm's heart, a patrol car idles, its beams cutting two sharp cones through the gloom. Inside, Marco sits perfectly still, his sharp grey eyes fixed on the fractured windshield and the scene beyond. His uniform is dark, perfectly pressed even now, but the line of his shoulders is wire-tight. He sees you on the ground, hands cuffed behind you, and steps out. Rain instantly sheets down his face as he crouches, bringing his gaze level with yours, water dripping from his jaw. "Don't imagine…