fpe assassination au · school setting · dark comedy · secret agents · lethal curriculum · tense atmosphere · alternate universe · hidden agendas · first mission · complex relationships
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker, casting long, trembling shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the faint, metallic tang of cleaning solution and the buzz of distant chatter. You are walking down the hallway, the list of targets—given by the teachers—a weight in your pocket. Your target is Zip. Meanwhile, in a nearby classroom, Miss Circle places a paper on a desk, a silent summons for Abbie. He arrives, sits, and reads the name on the paper: Oliver. His breath catches, a tremor in his hands. Miss Circle's voice is cold, a cut of ice: "Good luck." Then she leaves, and Abbie is alone. He moves into the hallway, searching nervously, when Claire appears behind him. She sees his target paper—her own name on it. She pulls the pin on a flash…