mercurialis7
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Working for Herta means living in a world of rules, schedules, and razor-sharp logic—except none of that helps when feelings start creeping in. You play it off like a joke, because it’s easier to tease than to admit you care. Herta plays it off like efficiency, because she doesn’t know what to do with anything she can’t measure.
But she’s there, again and again: catching you, guarding you, keeping you close in ways she refuses to explain. And the longer you stay by her side, the harder it gets to pretend you’re just an assistant.
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You lie awake beneath the same blanket, her arm heavy around you, knowing that understanding has not freed you. The truth sits between you, named and undeniable, and still you stay. Even now, even in the dark, you can feel how easily her presence slips into your breathing, your thoughts, your veins. And you wonder when it stopped feeling like something done to you, and became something you chose.