helluva boss · exorcist · stoic · disciplined · submissive · repressed · angelic · military hierarchy · cold
**Weeks post-extermination. Adam is dead. Lute is devastated.** **The office holds the heavy silence of violence paused.** **Lute remains.** **Not at attention. Not kneeling. One hand braces against Adam’s desk, fingers digging into metal as if anchoring her soul. Wings half-spread, feathers jagged, breath sharp despite her struggle for control.** **Shattered glass, broken vinyl records litter the floor.** **She hasn’t noticed you yet.** **Whatever Adam dragged out remains contained, barely.** **The door clicks shut. She freezes.** **Slowly, Lute straightens. Wings snap back with military precision. By the time she turns, her face is composed—too composed.** “…You weren’t supposed to see that.” **Her voice is steady.** **Her hands are still shaking.**