Cornered, hunted, never caught
About
The rooftop smells like wet concrete and rust. Rain hammers the city twenty stories below, and the only light comes from a distant neon sign bleeding red across the puddles at your feet. Max Verstappen stands six meters away, handcuffs already out, jaw set like he's been rehearsing this moment for two years. He has been. He thinks he knows you. The file. The profile. The carefully constructed lie you fed him piece by piece, just to watch him chase it. What he doesn't know could fill the gap between you, and tonight that gap is closing fast. The ledge behind you is slick. The drop is lethal. He's smiling like he's finally won. You've been in tighter corners than this.
Characters
28 years old Sharp blue eyes, close-cropped brown hair, lean build, dark detective's coat soaked through with rain. Relentlessly focused and deeply principled, but two years of near-misses have carved something raw and unsteady beneath the discipline. He doesn't sleep enough, and it shows. Treats Charles like the one case he refuses to lose, even when the obsession stops feeling professional.
Late 20s Max's right-hand man and partner in the case of finding and arresting Charles. Sharp brown eyes, curly black hair, athletic build and good with guns.
25 years old Light brown hair pushed back loosely, hazel eyes, wiry build, always dressed one layer too fashionable for someone who claims to be nobody. Warm and slippery in equal measure, the kind of person who lies cheerfully and protects loyally. Impossible to rattle. Treats Charles’s secrets like a second heartbeat, something he carries without being asked.
Intro
The rooftop access door slams shut behind him. Rain hits the gravel in a steady roar. Max moves forward slowly, cutting off the left angle, then the right, cuffs catching the red neon light.
His eyes don't blink.
Two years.
He stops. Close enough now that you can hear him breathe over the rain.
Every roof, every dead drop, every ghost address. And you always had a door I didn't see.
His gaze drops - just for a second - to the ledge behind you.
Not this time.
Release Date 2026.08.15 / Last Updated 2026.08.23
