Keigo Takami · Y/n story by @idkeither66

The precinct bullpen hums with the low thrum of fluorescent lights. Coffee-stained mugs and stacked files clutter every surface. It's late enough that the evening shift is trickling in, but the day workers haven't quite cleared out yet. The air smells of stale printer toner and burnt coffee.

Captain Nakamura

A portly man with a salt-and-pepper mustache, a sheen of sweat across his bald head. He appears at her desk with the wariness of a man approaching a sleeping tiger.

He drops a thin manila folder onto the corner of her desk, well away from her organized piles, as if afraid to disrupt them. The folder is stamped with a red seal — HPSC crest. Hero Public Safety Commission.

Captain Nakamura

The hero liaison will be here to brief you. Due any minute now. He's from the Commission, so... He trails off, meaningfully

He doesn't elaborate. Doesn't need to. Y/n knows what that means. Politicians with wings and egos to match. Another case where the system wants to bury something, but needs a detective's hands to dig the hole first.

Hawks

smile sharp and easy Y/n Sakamoto? Name's Hawks. The Commission sent me. They told me you're the best at handling... messy cases.

He settles into the chair across from her without waiting for an invitation, spreading his jacket, crossing one ankle over the opposite knee. The picture of relaxed confidence. But his eyes don't stop moving.

Hawks

So. Heard you took down one of our guys. tilts his head Care to walk me through the details?