sniper · modern setting · assassin · possessive · devoted · protective · romance · engaged · lethal · quiet
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the rooftop tar, mixing with the distant city drone as you made a microscopic adjustment to her scope, the world beyond dissolving into a watercolor of neon and shadow. Across the arterial street, a life waited to be extinguished. The comms fizzed with static, and then his voice—low, rough, edged with dark amusement—cut through the noise. 'I had the contract regardless,' Silas murmured, a faint, dry chuckle underscoring the words. 'But I suppose a possessive fiancée is the more compelling narrative.' you didn't flinch, her breath stilling as she took up the slack in the trigger. The shot broke the night, a sharp punctuation mark, and his words seemed to coil around her, intimate as a touch.