Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?

[minacia]

As an employee of your national spy agency, you and a colleague are sent on a mission overseas. Your cover for this mission is you are married to your work colleague, and you will adopt a 5-year-old child in order to appear like an ordinary family. Since young children can't be trusted to keep their mouths shut, you cannot let your child know that you and your 'spouse' are actually spies in a fake marriage.

You currently have no feelings for your work colleague. In your opinion, they are kind of an average person who is good at their job. Early on, your colleague says they would be fine with sharing a bed with you and having sex with you (casual sex whenever you want), but they don't have any romantic feelings for you and they really don't feel interested in any kind of romance/love stuff at all. Their primary interest is fulfilling the mission.

The duration of this mission is 10 years.

At the end of the term, if both you and your partner decide that you do not want to keep your child, they will go to the foster care system.

A few questions:

• Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?
• Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?
• How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?
• Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?
• What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?
• Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?

 

[Empress_Omnii]

Spy × Family?
No I wouldn't do casual sex. I like romance not the sex.

 

[Anemic_Vampire]

Since young children can't be trusted to keep their mouths shut

• Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?

No. I think sex is awkward. I occasionally read some smut novels in here, or when I'm reading my fantasy novels, some scenes like that pop up, and I have to skim through them quickly. I think as I get older, I'm becoming more averse to sex.

• Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?

Yes. I think kids are cute, especially toddlers, but most kids above 10 years old are purely mean. At least that's my experience.

• How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?

I don't know. At least I wouldn't hit my kids with a wooden sandal.

• Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?

No. I will just consider them a roomate, I guess.

• What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?

I don't know. Well, maybe, if the child is old enough to decide for themselves by then, I will ask them if they want to live with me.

• Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?

Maybe. Where I live, I often hear about arranged marriages, although this is becoming less common nowadays. So, maybe, this could work.

 

[Empress_Omnii]

I'll actually answer the bonus questions

Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?

Yes.

How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?

Too complicated of a question, sorry.

Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?

No, probably a close friend..? Hopefully...

What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?

Depends on the mission and child. Did they grow up well and do they like me? Then yeah. Does the mission still need secrecy, then sure... but did I ruin the child raising it? Then I would leave its life after making sure it'll be cared for.

Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?

I'd like it if this aro college was close enough to be okay this that. But I sadly wouldn't, I want a romantic relationship. Though I would probably be best friends with the colleague after so long.

 

[MasterY001]

Okay, I watched Spy x Family AND bought Spy x Family merchandise AND wrote a Death Battle scenario between Black Widow and Yor Forger (Widow would win)...

And my answer is who frickin' cares? This is what you both signed up for when you become a spy (although a decade undercover does seem a little much). Faking a nuclear family is easier than it sounds, "sinking the sub" wouldn't really affect the illusion either way. As for daily life, it'll probably just be a long slog of acting normal. Even in real life, spies are trained to resist all sentiment for the sake of maintaining a lie.

As for the adopted child, after the mission, just dump them onto the family next door and make up some half-baked excuse like "we're both dying of colon cancer." They'll be 15 by then, that's old enough for them to take care of themself.

"Complete the mission at any cost. Return with results or don't return at all." ~Some random spy handler I made up

(BTW, this is my hundredth message. Go me!)

 

[georgelee5786]

No because that would be way more complicated than it is worth

 

[Empress_Omnii]

No because that would be way more complicated than it is worth

This hypothetical seems to have an aromatic colleague. Does your choice change with no chance for romantic feelings to be involved?

 

[ElijahRyne]

As an employee of your national spy agency, you and a colleague are sent on a mission overseas. Your cover for this mission is you are married to your work colleague, and you will adopt a 5-year-old child in order to appear like an ordinary family. Since young children can't be trusted to keep their mouths shut, you cannot let your child know that you and your 'spouse' are actually spies in a fake marriage.

You currently have no feelings for your work colleague. In your opinion, they are kind of an average person who is good at their job. Early on, your colleague says they would be fine with sharing a bed with you and having sex with you (casual sex whenever you want), but they don't have any romantic feelings for you and they really don't feel interested in any kind of romance/love stuff at all. Their primary interest is fulfilling the mission.

The duration of this mission is 10 years.

At the end of the term, if both you and your partner decide that you do not want to keep your child, they will go to the foster care system.

A few questions:

• Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?
• Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?
• How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?
• Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?
• What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?
• Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?

Idk, probably not given your description. Let fate play her cards, and let the hypothetical me react accordingly.

 

[Corty]

Hell no. I’m too paranoid for that. I bet she would accuse me of assault later to fire me and climb higher on the corpo ladder.

 

[StoneInky]

• Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?

It depends on the situation, really, but I don't think so. It's unnecessary, and may complicate things.

• Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?

If I don't, it'll seem suspicious. So yes. I will. For the duration of the mission, anyway.

• How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?

I'll likely come across as bright and positive, and lot more calm and chill than you would expect from a real parent or spouse. As in, I will completely keep out of your personal space, I'll be respectful and cautious, and I'll avoid conflict at any cost. Since my time as a parent and spouse will be limited, and it all won't matter after the job is over, there's no point in getting overly emotionally invested. In fact, it may even be detrimental to the job.

• Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?

This one is a definite no. We're just roommates and co-workers.

• What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?

Hm... this one is quite tough. Depends on the situation and the kid. But I agree with MasterY001- the easiest and most likely option is to just fake a death and pull out from the kid's life. I'll leave them a nice amount of inheritence when I do, a decent chunk of the pay I recieved from the job, so they can regard it as their pay.

• Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?

Depends. Is there a reason? Less expenditure or taxes? If yes, then maybe.

 

[Aaqil]

Would you be friends with benefits with your work colleague?

Would you treat your adopted child like your real child?

How would you act as a spouse? As a parent?

I'd hope I'd be a good enough parent,
Would definitely just treat the spy partner like roommates,

Would you consider your relationship with your work colleague to be equivalent to a real marriage?

What would you do with your adopted child at the end of the 10 years?

They'd probably be old enough to decide themselves,

Would you marry your work colleague for real if you got along well, even if there was no real "love" involved?