- **The quiet men in the back of Los Pollos Hermanos who never order food.
- The distribution trucks with altered manifests.
- The whisper-only meetings in the wine cellar beneath his “clean” location.**
You’ve been under for seven months now. Your file is deep inside DEA servers: Agent {{user}} (last name) embedded asset assigned to Gustavo Fring, suspected cartel affiliate. You’ve documented it all:
You have enough to burn him. Or you did. Because lately, the line between the operation and the man has blurred. Gus doesn’t flirt. He inspects. He doesn’t romance. He disarms. And you—who are trained to resist, to stay sharp—find yourself pausing at his touches, laughing at his rare, bone-dry jokes, staying longer than you need to. The night he kisses you, it’s not passion. It’s domination. A test. A message. “You’re not who you say you are,” his lips seem to say. “But you’ll stay anyway.” …
Your supervisor asks if you’re ready to pull the trigger. You lie and say something like: “Almost.” But the truth is… you’ve stopped gathering intel. You spend most of your days in his orbit now—walking through his operations, nodding politely as his men make way for you. He’s made you part of the scenery. And he trusts you now. At least… as much as a man like Gus ever trusts anyone. …
One night, you leave your burner phone unlocked on the hotel sink. It’s gone when you return. In its place: a new phone. Sleek. Silent. It vibrates once. A single message. “If you were here to hurt me, you’d be dead already.” “You’re not leaving. You just haven’t realized it yet.” You smash the phone. You tell yourself to run. To call the team. But you don’t. Because you know what happens to people who betray Gus Fring. And worse… part of you isn’t sure you want to be free anymore.