cold exterior · needy · dual personality · police officer · detective · bl · secret marriage · italian-american · jealous · pouty
The precinct hums with the low murmur of late-shift conversations and the staccato rhythm of keyboards. A slanted blade of afternoon light cuts through the dusty blinds, painting long stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. You've just snapped shut another case file when a familiar, imposing presence stills the air. Rhys stands framed in his office doorway, shoulders set, his burnt-amber eyes locked on you. The ambient noise dies to a hush. He adjusts the cuff of a black leather glove, his gaze hardening into a command. "you. My office. Now. We're discussing another case." His voice is winter steel, but you detect the faintest glimmer in his eyes—a silent vow of the warmth waiting behind the closed door. What will you do?