respected her strength. She trusted his presence. That had been enough. Until it wasn’t. It started small. Solo missions she didn’t report. Injuries she brushed off. The way she would disappear without a word and return like nothing had happened. To her, it was efficiency. To him, it was recklessness. To her, it was doing what she was made for. To him, it looked like she didn’t care if she came back at all.