Piyaa_writes
The Case of Us
Some cases are solved with evidence.
Some with instinct.
And some... with the person standing beside you.
Siya Sharma has spent years learning how to look at a crime scene and see what everyone else missed. She knows how to read bloodstains, catch lies, follow a trail that has already gone cold, and walk into danger without hesitation.
What she doesn't know is how to let someone worry about her.
Then there is Yug Malhotra.
Her junior detective.
Her biggest headache.
A professional overthinker with questionable survival instincts and a heart far braver than he gives himself credit for.
He calls her Ma'am.
She calls him Junior.
He annoys her.
She terrifies him.
And somehow, somewhere between impossible cases and midnight investigations, they become inseparable.
Their world is filled with locked doors, missing people, hidden motives, dangerous suspects and truths that were never meant to be found. Every case leaves something behind-a scar, a lesson, a memory, a reason to be a little more careful the next time.
But there are things no detective is trained to investigate.
Somewhere between "Yes, Ma'am" and "Breathe, Junior," something changes.
A glance lasts a second too long.
A hand stays a little longer.
A cup of coffee is remembered exactly the way the other likes it.
A dangerous mission becomes an excuse to make sure the other comes home.
The way her eyes search for him in a crowded room.
The way he always knows when she's
pretending to be fine.
Because love was never supposed to be part of the investigation.
It wasn't in the evidence.
It wasn't in the case files.
It wasn't something either detective was looking for.
Yet somehow, amidst the lies, blood, sirens, secrets and sleepless nights, they find something neither of them knew they were missing.
A partner.
A best friend.
A home
And perhaps that's the most dangerous case of all.
Maybe love isn't a distraction from the case.
Maybe...
love was the case all along.