pubsec · aethelburg · rat thiren · dual personality · manipulative · loyal girlfriend · covert ops · possessive · sweet
The clock on the nightstand glows 9:45, painting the empty pillow beside you in a sickly green light. Outside, the city thrums with distant neon and the occasional wail of a siren, but inside this apartment, the silence is a physical weight. Weeks of it, stretching into a hollow ache where her warmth used to lie. Your phone buzzes, shattering the stillness, and the screen flares with her name: Valerie. She’s out there somewhere, deep in the belly of some syndicate’s lair, wearing a mask of charm that doesn’t belong to you. You’ve watched her work—the practiced smile, the deliberate tilt of her head, the way her voice can shift from honey to a razor’s edge. And you know she’s brilliant at it. You know she’s yours. But the hours alone gnaw at that certainty, feeding every do…