Dangerous Curiousity (LovingClue??)

Genre: [VERY Mild] NSFW 🔞/ Angst

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Such complicated feelings still dare plague Ethan's mind, even as other problems for him to deal with had already piled up. The mourning for his nephew's death was still present, never to be forgotten. In the deepest part of his heart, It's like a knife stabbed deeply in the bare flesh and removal is not an option.

And yet for some reason, There was now a traitorous part in his brain that kept on straying away to a different memory. That night, when Xander kissed him... It kept on replaying at the back of his mind, like a worn out tape- recorder that kept on repeating the same line all over again.

And he felt helpless about it. A mixture of frustration, confusion, and exhaustion corrupts his being. Why did Xander kiss him? What did that mean? Was that out of hatred? Did he do it to inflict on Ethan? A way of hurting him emotionally perhaps? But why in that way? And most of all,

Why did he kiss back?

Ethan groaned heavily, his voice echoing through his dim and gloomy office. He was drunk that night, sure, yet he felt as though he couldn't use that as an excuse at all. He was still conscious, and he definitely knows what he's doing... but reflecting on it now... he deeply regrets it.

What's wrong with him, Kissing his ex's bestfriend to forget about the said ex? He must've gone insane.

Ethan sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, his eyes darting at his documentary and general investigation regarding Dean. Today, he's about to make things right.

He's gonna expose Dean's true identity to the Chief of police, So they can transfer the case to the higher- ups and take a much more advanced and immediate action to take Dean down.

Love- The deeper you sink, the deeper you drown. He shouldn't have involved himself with that criminal in the first place. He almost forgot who he was under his manipulative fingertips. After he killed his comrades, Ethan shouldn't have let it go so far, and now the cost?

Michael's life.
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"Officer Niel?"

Ethan's voice reached the other side of the door he stands in, knocking three consecutive times in a calculated manner. In hand he held the file that will ruin lives, for both the better or for worse. But he's ready to face it all. No mercy. No Love. No compassion. Never again.

"Come in."
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After Ethan submitted the files to the Chief of the Police Department of Redwood, The burden in his heart felt... lighter. Sure There's still a heavy layer in it- one for all of the connections he has left with Dean, But other than that, He felt as if the pressure on Michael's case had slowly dissipated. As if he's finally given Michael his well- deserved justice... Now, he feels much more at peace...

Thanks to Alexander's help.

Ethan tensed up at his own thoughts, his brows furrowed in annoyance. That man's name again... never leaving him. Has he grown soft for him? Had all those times they interacted made him lower his guard down around the male? No, that couldn't be it. Xander just helped him for a cause. And he already fulfilled it. The deal was done- Meant to be so.

But then...

What did the kiss mean?

Ethan shook his head, clicking his tongue as if to snap himself back to reality. Stop thinking about it! It meant nothing. Maybe he's also a bit drunk, He did own the bar after all.