Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson
They both know it's a fling, nothing serious, just a little bit of on-mission amusement. He's exciting, interesting, educated, and the sex is great, but it's not going to last.
And it doesn't.
They rarely see each other after that mission. A few hotel hook-ups, but nothing that anyone could describe as a real relationship. But that's okay, she knows he's not the man she wants to have children with and he's never going to settle down enough for her to find out. She's not the woman of his dreams (that boat's either long gone or yet to come), but she's a suitable substitute in his reality.
Charles is different, he's polite, gentlemanly, but never underestimates her, never treats her as breakable as some of her previous lovers have done nor expendable as Falco does. He can separate work and personal, even when she can't. And she appreciate that.
And he loves her. And she loves him. She loves the way he brings her a croissant the morning after they have sex. How he says 'Miss Johnson' whenever they work together, sending delicious shivers down her spine. How he tells her she's beautiful and that he loves her every chance he gets. How he calls her 'His Lucky Thirteen' and gives her things to match; thirteen red roses, thirteen diamonds in a necklace, thirteen days of vacation every year over her birthday, thirteen songs on a playlist he made, ending with a recording of his voice asking her to marry him. She's always been a jinx but he makes it feel like it's not such a bad thing.
They get married, only a few people in attendance, both their bosses, a few colleagues. No real friends, no family, they've alienated both a long time ago. They watch The Graduate together and he whispers in her ear. He calls her 'Mrs Robinson' at work and makes it sound all kinds of dirty.
He transfers to the embassy in New York and they live in a nice apartment in Brooklyn. She goes on missions and he takes care of wayward spies. Then she gets pregnant and things change, she gets fewer missions and he becomes 'Mr Mum'. They have a beautiful little girl named Eleanor, with her hair and his eyes, who smiles and laughs and makes everything seem just a little bit brighter. A few years later they have a son, Henry, who was a surprise but never a mistake. She takes a desk job and he stays home.
It's not perfect, but it's real.