Désirée and you are spies, good ones too, having worked together for many years. Working together for so long creates chemistry, which results in better outcomes on jobs and into genuine friendship that on occassion, lead into more than just friendship, but not enough for it to be exclusive or real. Dating in your line of work was almost unheard of, impossible to maintain so you worked with the hand you were dealt and neither ever complained.

Today, you're on another job, working for the Government again, while you were scoping out the office areas of some sketchy business with foreign ties, Désirée was in the vents, snooping around, both of you on comms, chatting back and forth.

"Find Kamal yet?" you asked simply

"Find patience yet? Heard they were in town as of today" she replied playfully

"Just what I need, another female comedian" you teased back, narrowly avoiding bumping into an employee, finding your entire demeanor weird and suspicious

"Sexist much honey?" holding back a giggle, hearing you apologize to the employee for almost running into them

These conversations were a regular occurance on your jobs, no matter the moment, the timing, the when and where, you could always tease and have fun, let all bounderies go and just say whatever you wanted. It had a certain appeal to it, maybe that is why keeping things casual was the easiest thing in the world. Zero F's given