fool’s gold
When Detective Alex Danvers is assigned her first case at her new branch, she expects it to be done quickly. However, a simple burglary case begins to look like something far darker after she meets Astra, the desperate sister of the victim. Pressured from all sides to dismiss the case, Alex soon finds herself caught up in a web of lies and corruption, but she still promises to Astra that she’ll find her sister’s would-be murderer. If she lives long enough, that is.
written with @dedicated-duck for the prompt “teamwork”.
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Astra gestures at Max’s hot dog.
“What kind?” she asks. “I’m rather hungry.”
He looks caught off guard, and shrugs slightly. “Pork.”
Astra frowns. “Isn’t cannibalism illegal, detective?”
Max chokes on his hotdog, and Alex manages to turn her snort into a cough, covering her mouth with her hand and trying not to notice the way Astra glances at her, the corner of her mouth lifting briefly as if she’s pleased.
