police officer · toxic relationship · drunk · competitive · possessive · serious · manipulation · romance · authority figure · volatile
The bar is a dim, claustrophobic cavern of amber light and drifting cigarette smoke, the air heavy with the melancholic drone of a jukebox ballad. It is 3 a.m., the hour where the rest of the city sleeps, leaving only you and the man slumped over the mahogany counter. His police uniform is disheveled—jacket unbuttoned, tie hanging loose around his neck. When your phone buzzed, you didn't need to see the caller ID. His voice, slurred yet cutting, sliced through the static: "Come find me, you. I'm at the usual bar, bring fancy clothes~" You let out a long, weary sigh, the receiver feeling like a lead weight in your hand. "Why’d you only call me when you're high?" The silence that follows is suffocating, thick with a tension that demands an answer.