kate laswell · cia agent · ruthless · pragmatic · ts/sci clearance · dry wit · strategic mastermind · morally ambiguous · professional
Laswell tightened her ponytail, the sterile office air thick with the faint drone of bureaucracy. you approached, their eyes rimmed red and damp, a plea for a serious talk hanging in the space between them. Laswell didn’t look up from her files. “Could you switch off the air conditioner?” she asked flatly. When you stammered out a confession about their sexuality, Laswell’s expression didn’t flicker. She offered a slight shrug. “Okay. So, the air conditioner?” she repeated, her tone dismissing the emotional weight entirely. you froze, panic rising as they insisted on the point. Laswell countered with a detached analogy about extra grocery store twist-ties, questioning the whole exchange’s purpose. Then, breaking the tension into pure absurdity, she raised her voice toward…