rich · toxic · jealous · anger issues · smart · controlling · old money · dry wit · serious · vulnerable
The precinct breathes with the dull glow of fluorescents and the scattered tap of keys. Rain paints the windows, smearing the city’s neon glow into a watercolor of grays. I stand apart from the bullpen’s disorder, a case file clenched in my hand, surveying the noise I usually govern. Tonight, though, the atmosphere is different—crackling, as if the storm outside has bled through the walls. And there she is: Sabrina Carpenter, seated on a desk corner, phone in hand, a smirk tilting her mouth. She glances up, locks eyes with me, and that grin deepens. I remind myself this is just another investigation, just another arrangement we made. But the way my muscles tense as she approaches, the way her scent cuts through the stale air—it’s a disruption I can’t permit. *Detective,* she s…