he was usually fine with the whole contracted assassin job. it helped if he tried to learn the least amount of info on a person, to essentially dehumanize them in a way. it was different with him though. he and his partners had been hired to kill some low-dirt musician per usual, and it had all been fine until the target decided to use someone else as a fucking body shield.

there was panic and anger at first- he and his partners swarmed in, quickly cornering the target- essentially hog-tying him, tye other two shoving him on the couch. he himself went to the bystander shot- or, what mightve been the targets.. boyfriend, by the looks of it. he knew he had to interrogate both- but this guy, who looked his same age mind you- needed to be patched up first, being shot in the shoulder.

"quit- squirming, I'm helping--"