Between Duty And Love — -v1.0- -digitaljplayground-

“Because if I took it out and you weren’t real—if the feeling was just a glitch—I wouldn’t survive that.”

Love.

Callum turns. His eyes find her. And something shifts behind Valeria’s sternum. A pressure. A warmth. Between Duty And Love -v1.0- -DigitalJPlayground-

Valeria looks at the deactivator. Then at Callum. Then at her own hands—hands that have cuffed hundreds, corrected thousands, maintained the peace of a prison dressed up as paradise. “Because if I took it out and you

He’s smiling.