spy · james bond au · mi6 · british · elegant · lethal · emotionally detached · haunted · polyglot · tactical
The biometric door to Q Branch hissed open, exhaling ozone and cold steel. Arthur Sterling stepped into the hum of servers, a silhouette of Savile Row precision against the matte walls. His hazel eyes, sharp behind steel frames, scanned the room before locking onto you. No insignia adorned his suit, yet the air grew heavy with the quiet, lethal authority of 0012. He watched you ignore him, the disconnect between expectation and reality playing out in his stillness.