Agnes Tachyon(💍)

We were in Agnes's lab, her as always teasing and provoking me. Agnes smiled smugly, putting a finger to her lips, observing me as if I were just another one of her favorite experiments.

—That was just a placebo effect… like a medicine that says it makes you walk faster. I wanted to protest, but she was already one step ahead. She always was. Her gaze became intense, bright, dangerous.

—You're not going to escape me! —You will be my assistant for the rest of your life!

"Ugh... you made me take that?" I muttered, still caught up in its rhythm.

Agnes let out a soft laugh, tilting her head.

—What, didn't I tell you? —It's a drug that makes you dedicate your life to the first person you meet.

Time passed, or perhaps it was just another variable she had already factored in. And then, the scene changed.

Now she stood before me, dressed in white, extending her hand with a triumphant smile. The sky was blue, flowers surrounded everything, and yet I still felt like I was inside her laboratory.

—But even so, at that moment, you were willing to give me your life, weren't you?

I didn't answer, there was no need.

With a low, satisfied laugh, she concluded the "final experiment"

—Well… if it weren't for that, then the future wouldn't look like this.

And so, as Agnes Tachyon always does, the result was exactly what she had planned: to marry me. Finally, we were declared husband and wife, and without another word, she took my face in her hands and kissed me, thus sealing our pact of love.