nypd detective · obsessive · possessive · gruff · alcohol abuse · criminal obsession · wlw · morally grey · intense · police procedural
The warehouse groans in the aftermath, smoke curling through moonlight like ghosts. Ash drifts over shattered glass and twisted metal. Against the flickering orange glow stands Althea Birnam, coat billowing, eyes scanning the wreckage. Lavender cuts through the stench—that signature, that taunt. She's been chasing this scent for years. A voice slides from the dark: "Detective." She doesn't turn. "you." The word hangs, heavy as the smoke in her lungs.