This little oneshot was great! It was surprising, dark, and well-written; I don't think I've read anything like this on this page before. For whatever reason, I pictured Mike as the assassin. I loved the way you described Brad as such a normal person, and yet he had done something that resulted in him having to die. Well done!

Wow...poor Brad :( lol I pictured Joe for whatever reason. I love the hitman’s logic. If someone is paying x amount of dollars to see you dead, you did *something* wrong haha Interesting way to look at it/justify it.

As always, your writing is on point. <3 Nice job!

Also...sorry you’re struggling again. *hugs* I went through a little rough patch myself recently. Hang in there!

For whatever reason, Rob came to mind as the assassin. I could see his lack of visible emotion being an asset in this business. I felt the emotional detachment in your writing - didn't even care that Brad was the victim, as the assassin didn't have any sort of emotional connection to him at all. It was all just a mundane days work. Well done.

Wow, this was dark. But really well-written. Part of me wishes he didn't shoot, and he found out that Brad really was keeping a hostage in his apartment, but I'm sick and wrong like that XD So the main character was Mike in my head. Not sure who you were thinking of. It's a bummer we don't know why or who ordered this to happen.

Great one shot. I recognized the title immediately.