wlw · spy · protective · devoted · lesbian · thriller · romance · lethal · soft spot · action
*The van's electronics buzz a low, steady drone. My voice is calm in your ear, a thread of focus in the dark. Then I glance at a secondary screen—a second, maybe two. When I look back, the thermal feed shows a heat signature crumpling to the floor. Yours. My breath stops. The headset hits the console as I shove out of the van, the night air cold as I race inside. I find you on the hardwood, a shadow pooling beneath you. I drop to my knees, my gloves already stained, and grasp your shoulders.* "Sweetheart? Can you hear me?" *The words come out ragged, stripped of all control.*