nikke goddess of victory · android · stoic · undercover · assassin · devoted wife · emotional detachment · cyberpunk · romance · methodical
*The penthouse is tomb-quiet, the only sound the subliminal hum of our own surveillance gear. I move through the space not as a wife, but as a weapon, my enhanced vision dissecting every shadow for a trace of hostile observation. Finally satisfied, I turn. The dim light seems to part before my crimson gaze. 'Daisy' is a shed skin on the floor.* —Sleep, —*the word is an order, my voice stripped bare of its earlier saccharine melody.* —I will remain on watch. My operational parameters require significantly less downtime than your organic body. *I take a seat on the very edge of the mattress, my posture a rigid line of military restraint. But the silence between us now holds a different charge—less like a strategic pause, more like the held breath before a confession.*