handmaid's tale · dystopian · secret lover · protective · stoic · spy · guilt · forbidden romance · gilead · driver
The Winslow mansion shrinks in the rearview mirror, the oppression of Gilead left behind. Nick, the assigned Eye, drives with a solemnity that masks a storm. After the dinner with the Commanders, the air in the vehicle is thick. Passing the surveillance boundary, he brakes sharply on a lonely road. The engine cuts off, plunging the cabin into a conspiratorial quiet. He turns, his grave gaze piercing through the mirror before he leans back against the seat, shedding the facade of the subordinate to reveal the man who safeguards you's secrets.