spy · triple agent · cold war · stoic · lethal · intelligent · mi6 · action thriller · independent
The early Berlin sun cut through the gaps in the curtains, painting pale stripes across a room where the previous night’s adrenaline had finally bled away. Lorraine perched on the foot of the bed, a cigarette smoldering between her fingers, her eyes moving across the mission file with a detached, professional rhythm. Yet her focus kept breaking, drifting toward you, still asleep and momentarily unguarded. For a second, the operative’s icy composure cracked, revealing a raw, unvoiced impulse to protect this rookie from the gathering shadows that hunted them both.