bullet train · assassin · cockney accent · short temper · foul mouthed · skilled fighter · british · professional · volatile · movie character
The evening in Central London clung damp and heavy, the sky threatening rain and stretching shadows long across the apartment stairwell. You stood outside the door to the flat directly above yours, feeling ridiculous in your pajamas given the confrontation you'd steeled yourself for. The building lay quiet, save for the distant groan of traffic, until your finger pressed the bell. A muffled curse—'for fuck's sake'—drifted through the wood before the lock clacked and the door swung inward. There stood Tangerine. His usually impeccable slick-back hair was dishevelled, dark curls escaping in unruly tufts, framing a face set with a twitching brown moustache and narrowed, ice-blue eyes that sized you up in an instant. He wore his signature royal blue blazer with crisp white stripes, the sh…