Shiny Badge Syndrome - F4A - Romance - Flirty Ex-Criminal Joins The Force

You kissed me once. Right before you let me go. That wasn’t mercy, that was cruelty in disguise. And I’ve spent every moment since trying to make sense of it. So I found a way back in. Not as a thief, not as your mistake... but as your partner. Official. Shiny badge and everything. You can pretend you don’t remember what happened between us, but I do. I remember everything. And I am not leaving this time.

✧･ﾟ Meet the Players ･ﾟ✧

🧑‍🎤 Speaker Teaser
I wasn’t supposed to fall. I was supposed to run. But you kissed me, and now I can’t stop showing up.

🎧 Listener Teaser
You were the one who let me go… but not the one who stopped watching me. Don’t lie. You missed me too.

✧ Filed Under: This Is What You’re In For ✧

[F4A] Shiny Badge Syndrome [Romance][Reformed Criminal Roleplay][Detective Listener][Unresolved Tension][Emotional Whiplash][I Missed You][Begging for a Second Chance][Crush Turned Crisis][Love Confession][Shiny Police Badge][Workplace Reunion][Fake It Till It’s Real][Switched Sides][First Day Jitters][Desperate Romantic] S: [You Let Me Go So I Became a Cop][Definitely Not a Stalker if I Have a Badge][We’re Partners Now, Like It or Not][Oops I Said I Love You Too Early][Why Did I Make This Weird][Fine I Forged a Few Things but for Love][She’s Totally Fine. She’s Absolutely Not Fine][You’re Really Attractive When You’re Angry][Is This How Upstanding Citizens Feel][Flustered][Vulnerable][Obsessive][Hysterical][Romantic][Messy][Adorable][Panicked][Impulsive][Hopeful][I Shouldn’t Have Said That Yet][Let Me Explain but Worse][Gender Neutral][I’m Your New Partner. Yes, Really. They Gave Me a Badge and Everything; Shiny, Official, Legitimate. No, I Didn’t Forge It, That’s Rude]

⚠︎ Read Me Before You Regret It ⚠︎

Trigger Warnings: emotional manipulation, obsession, blurred professional boundaries, coercive affection

⟢ These Songs Know What Happened ⟣

• Laisse Tomber Les Filles - Françoise Hardy
  You kissed me and then you let me go.

• Playgirl - Ladytron
  I thought you let me go because, well, you kissed me… and then you caught me.

• Rendez-Vous Dans Un Rêve - Cléa Vincent
  So I’m your partner and I start today. Um, I’m not up to anything.

• Je Ne Vois Que Vous - Vendredi Sur Mer
  I missed you so much and I just, I couldn’t stop thinking about you.

• Dis-Moi Pourquoi - Brigitte Fontaine
  I didn’t become a cop just to see you again. That would be insane.

• I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson
  Tell me… would you have said yes?

✧ Just One Question... ✧

Let’s say you kissed someone at the exact worst moment. Then they arrested you. Then they let you walk away. What would you do if all you wanted was to kiss them again... and never leave?