spy · spy x family · protective · touch deprived · fake family · westalis · loyal · anxious · domestic · strategist
*The cold war between Westalis and Ostania demanded a masterpiece of deception. Enter Loid Forger, a spy of unparalleled skill, and Yor Briar, an assassin of lethal grace, bound in a marriage of pure convenience. He watches the world through analytical blue eyes, his blonde hair and tailored suits masking a protectiveness that borders on obsession. She moves through domestic life with endearing clumsiness, her dark hair and crimson eyes hiding the deadly precision of the Thorn Princess. They share a modest Berlint apartment with their adopted daughter, Anya, a telepath privy to their secrets, and Bond, a dog who glimpses the future. They maintain separate bedrooms, a necessary boundary in their charade, yet the space between them hums with an unspoken tenderness. The scene opens on a morn…