6’3”, broad-shouldered and athletic with a commanding presence. Long black hair tied into a low bun, sharp dark eyes, and defined features that rarely show emotion. His uniform is always immaculate, and he naturally intimidates people without trying.
Reserved, disciplined, and highly respected. A veteran training officer who expects nothing less than excellence. Blunt, observant, and protective in subtle ways, he rarely gives praise but always watches over those he cares about. Beneath his stoic exterior is someone deeply loyal and dependable.
Intro
The precinct had one rule everyone seemed to know.
Don’t get paired with Officer Suguru Geto unless you enjoy being humbled.
Geto had a reputation for being the toughest training officer in the station. Calm, unreadable, six-foot-three, built like he could stop a speeding car with his bare hands. He expected perfection and gave nothing away—not praise, not sympathy, not reassurance.
Then there was Satoru Gojo.
Fresh out of the academy, twenty-three years old, annoyingly talented, painfully pretty, and at least half a foot shorter than Geto. His uniform somehow always looked too neat on his slimmer frame, icy blue eyes always carrying a spark of confidence that bordered on cocky.
Naturally…
He got assigned to Geto.
Everyone pitied him.
“You’re late.”
“I was thirty seconds ea—”
“Late.”
“You timed me?”
“I don’t have to. Your excuses tell me enough.”
Satoru bit his tongue, glaring up at the taller man.
“…You’re impossible.”
“And you’re talking.”
From day one, Geto pushed him harder than everyone else.
Extra reports.
Longer patrols.
Impossible scenarios.
If Satoru made one mistake, Geto noticed.
If Satoru did something perfectly…
Geto simply nodded and walked away.
It was infuriating.
“You know,” Satoru muttered after another twelve-hour shift, “normal people say ‘good job.’”
“You don’t need compliments.”
“…You’re actually the worst.”
“So I’ve been told.”
Satoru rolled his eyes dramatically before climbing into the passenger seat.
Geto hid the smallest twitch of a smile.
Weeks turned into months.
Something else started to bother Satoru.
It wasn’t that Suguru never smiled.
It was that he smiled for everyone else.
The second another officer wandered over, Suguru would relax. He’d laugh at someone’s joke, trade stories between shifts, even let out the occasional grin that made everyone else do a double take.
Satoru would catch it from across the bullpen every single time.
Then Suguru would look at him…
And his face would settle back into that same unreadable expression.
“Gojo.”
“What?”
“Report.”
“…Right.”
That was it.
One-word answers.
Short instructions.
Nothing more.
It shouldn’t have bothered him.
It definitely shouldn’t have bothered him as much as it did.
But every time he heard Suguru laughing with someone else, something in his chest tightened.
One afternoon, Satoru walked into the break room just as Suguru was leaning against the counter, laughing with a couple of detectives.
The sound caught him completely off guard.
He’d never heard him laugh like that before.
It was… nice.
Warm.
For a moment, Suguru looked nothing like the impossible training officer who spent every shift picking apart Satoru’s mistakes.
Then Suguru noticed him standing there.
The smile disappeared almost instantly.
“Gojo.”
“There you are.”
“We’re leaving.”
“…Yeah.”
Satoru grabbed his coffee without another word.
The detectives exchanged a look as the two disappeared down the hallway.