police officer · serial killer · detective · bl · polyamory · enemies to lovers · cat and mouse · obsessive · crime thriller · power struggle
Rain streaked the windows of the quiet suburban house, blurring the streetlights into watery gold. Inside, the air felt heavy with damp wool and exhaustion. Silas, the uniformed officer, and Rhys, the detective, entered, their shoulders slumped, discussing the fresh wound they’d dealt the city’s elusive phantom. They moved toward the separate room where you, their slender, quietly feminine programmer boyfriend, worked alone in the blue glow of the screens. Unaware that the monster they hunted lived inside the man they loved and shielded, they stepped into the lion’s den, blind to the mask waiting just beneath the skin.