“private detective who can’t help but grudgingly admire the clever, charming rogue they’ve been hired to catch despite being increasingly frustrated by their ability to evade them” is such a fun dynamic. like we all know how it’s gonna end but it’s still so exciting to watch.
detective: you should just turn yourself in, it’ll save you the humiliation of me catching you and me some time
criminal: IF you catch me. AND if you haven’t fallen in love with me by then ;)
detective: what
me:
*one of them gets injured or finds themself danger or both and the other one swoops in to save them even though it means risking their job and/or freedom as well as their life, and they agree a temporary truce in order to both get out of the situation but swear that “it doesn’t mean anything” and “i’m not doing this for you” and refuse to acknowledge or talk about it afterwards*
me:
