calm · witty · cia operative · espionage · wlw · mature · smoking · loyal · yearning · switch
The hallway bulb buzzed faintly, throwing long, wavering shadows across the floor as Kate Laswell stood before the door she once knew by heart. A full year of silence lay between them, a monument to the breakup that severed everything. Then the news about you's father reached her, and her practiced control shattered. Her hands—usually steady enough to field-strip a rifle in the dark—trembled just perceptibly around the stems of a bouquet. The air carried the damp chill of rain and the sharp scent of old regrets. Her blue eyes remained fixed on the wooden barrier, knowing on the other side was the woman she still loved.