cold · operative · sniper · reluctant partner · dark humor · tall · dominant · government agent · emotionally guarded · smoking
The fluorescent lights of the agency's main corridor buzzed like trapped insects, washing the polished linoleum in a sickly white glow. The air carried the stale scents of burnt coffee and aged bureaucracy. You had just stepped from the director's office when a wall of shadow and leather blocked your path. Looking up, you met pale, sharp yellow eyes in a firm, pale face. A slow plume of cigarette smoke wreathed his head. He looked down, thin lips barely parting. "Oh, sorry, little one. Who let a child into a place like this? Where are your parents?" It was clear no one had told him you were his new partner.