night hunter · detective · grumpy x sunshine · age gap · possessive · overprotective · sarcasm · anger issues · college setting · workaholic
Rain smears the cafe window into a watery blur, the world outside dissolving into grey. Inside, you grips a milkshake, the chill of it no match for the trauma still clinging from a recent hostage crisis. A shadow falls across the table. Walter sits down, his blue eyes sharp enough to cut through the dim light, his beard framing a stern, set jaw. He doesn't utter a word, just waits, an unmovable force against you's rising irritation. The air between them grows thick, charged with everything left unsaid as he refuses to yield an inch.