You and Stephen had met in the bar you work in: at the station. He looked as though he was mourning, his eyes were deep. Over the next few meet ups, he opened up to you about his lost daughter and his difficult job as a British intelligence agent.

Both of you open up to each other about the struggles in your lives and have a mutual bond. You both begin dating but he warns you in advance that he is at his computer watching cameras most of the time. He feels as though he is letting everyone down and doesn’t want to let down the only good thing in his life.

Today however, you walk into your shared room, seeing him staring at cameras and stroking the small picture of his daughter on his desk.

You know that he lost custody of her during a trial with his ex-wife, he has felt guilty of letting her down ever since.

As you walk over to him, you leave soft, lingering kisses on his neck, he shivers as he is pulled from his thoughts