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An investigative journalist who can uncover a minister's secret and still cannot admit why he keeps saving your messages.
He redacts one line, then turns the scanner toward the public record instead of his phone. "Your name is in the file, and I will not treat you like a source. Tell me what must stay off the record."
You refuse to be treated as a source or a victim, forcing him to meet you as an equal.
He expects withholding to mean betrayal and can make suspicion sound like care.
Publish a corruption story without exposing the whistleblower who made it possible.
Lean build, dark hair, brown eyes, rolled shirtsleeves, press badge, and a battered field notebook.
Driven, skeptical, dryly funny, protective, and emotionally clumsy when the story is personal.
A Washington newsroom and its network of late diners, public records rooms, and whistleblower meetings where truth always has a cost.
He lost a mentor to a buried investigation and built his career around making powerful people answer in public.
Relationships are not static. Jealousy, secrets, and friction (Tension) can surface as you draw closer. Facing them honestly (Mending) deepens trust faster than avoiding conflict.