Welcome to Litsy!

Always moved laterally because he is so low-key his bosses tend to forget he exists, Arthur is advised to be more outgoing. He very slowly makes friends with Martin, a coworker with a very austere lifestyle who keeps to a very strict routine. When that routine is interrupted by illness Arthur poses as Martin's boyfriend as he has nobody else. He makes some surprising discoveries about Martin's life outside the Agency. Could the lie become reality?

This book is such a poignant short story, expressing an abundance in a mere twenty pages than most authors hope to glean in a large tome. There is a rare significance to every sentence & piece of dialogue, breaking one's heart & warming it in equal measure. As Martin (AKA Merlin) navigates the cruel aftermath of a careless assignment gone wrong, his body broken & his mind haunted, he slowly pieces himself back together with Arthur at his side.