"ɪ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜ," ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ʜᴜꜰꜰᴇᴅ ʟᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ ᴀꜱ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɢɪʀʟ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. "ᴀᴡᴡ ᴡʜʏ... ɪ'ᴍ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ," ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ʟᴀᴜɢʜᴇᴅ ᴘᴏᴜʀɪɴɢ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ. ________________________ ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ᴏɴ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ꜱᴏ ʜᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ꜱᴛʀɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀɴ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ɴᴇᴀʀ ʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ.. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ? ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀᴡꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ʙɪᴛᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʀᴏᴏᴍᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ɪꜱ ɪɴꜱᴜꜰꜰᴇʀᴀʙʟᴇ. ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʜᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴀᴅ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪꜱ ꜰʟᴜꜰꜰʏ ʙʟᴏɴᴅ ʜᴀɪʀ, ᴅᴜꜱᴛʏ ꜰʀᴇᴄᴋʟᴇꜱ, ᴛᴀʟʟ ꜰʀᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴇᴇɴ ᴇʏᴇꜱ. ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴛᴇꜱ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ. (cover art is not mine)

ꜱᴀᴘɴᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴀʀʟ ᴀʀᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍᴍᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴋᴀʀʟ ʟᴇᴀᴅꜱ ᴀ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴀɴɢʀʏ ɢɪʀʟ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ꜱᴀᴘɴᴀᴘ ᴡᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴏɪɴꜱ ʜɪᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴛᴄʜᴇɴ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏ ʙɪɢ ᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴜꜰꜰ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜɪꜱ ᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴀɴꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏ ʙɪɢ ᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱᴀᴘɴᴀᴘ ʜᴀꜱ ʙɪᴛᴇ ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴅʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ɴɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ʜᴏᴏᴋᴜᴘꜱ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱᴀᴘɴᴀᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀɴ ᴜɴꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴍᴏᴀɴꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴋᴀʀʟ'ꜱ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ɪɴᴛʀɪɢᴜᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴇꜱ ᴋᴀʀʟ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴋɴᴇᴇꜱ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴀʟʟ ᴍᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴛʜɪᴄᴋ ᴄᴏᴄᴋ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ᴅᴇᴀʟ. ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴛᴜᴄᴋ ɪɴ ꜱᴀᴘɴᴀᴘ'ꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ. (this is from ao3 but I do have the author's permission to post it here for people who do not like reading on ao3, however, if you do have ao3, check the author out: rrriu)