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NorFin: Assassin

Tino looked at his target through the scope of his rifle. He had been hired by a man named Emil Steilson to kill this man, and he would go through with the job.

Mathias Kohler. He didn't know what the man had done to the Icelander that hired him, but he would complete the job nonetheless.

He saw as the Dane met up with his Norwegian boyfriend, and Tino stared for a moment. The man was actually pretty beautiful, and he wondered briefly if he should wait for another day. But he had a clear shot, and it would be foolish to let this opportunity slip away from him.

So he took a deep breath, deciding to push his humanity aside as his finger squeezed the trigger.

It hit the Dane in the head, and he hung back long enough to see the body drop, revealing the Norwegian's blood-spattered face.

Tino knew that he couldn't linger for too long, so he packed up and left. He had his fee to collect.

…

Tino was doing some Christmas shopping when he ran into someone he didn't think he would ever see again.

Mathias Kohler's Norwegian boyfriend.

Of course, the Norwegian didn't know who he was, and the Finn was greatly relieved. But he couldn't help but think that the other was quite attractive. And it was only a month after Tino had assassinated Mathias, though the Norwegian didn't seem too troubled.

The two made some small talk, and Tino learned that the Norwegian was named Lukas. He made to leave, but to his surprise, Lukas invited him out for coffee.

…

They had gone on quite a few coffee dates, and it was during one of those dates that Tino learned that Lukas had a half-brother. And he spilled his coffee all over himself when he learned that the brother's name was Emil Steilson.

…

The two had gone on a walk, and they were resting on a park bench as they watched the sun set. Tino felt guilty about having murdered Lukas's ex in front of him, but noticed that he never spoke of him. Now would be a good time to, though.

"Hey, Lukas?" TIno started. "You never talk about any previous relationships. Why?"

Lukas stiffened, and Tino immediately apologised.

"It's alright," Lukas said. "It's just… My last boyfriend was shot right in front of me. It was a sniper."

"I'm sorry," Tino said. "It must have been horrible."

"It was, in the beginning," Lukas said. "But then, when I realised what happened… I was relieved."

Tino was surprised, and it must have shown, for Lukas immediately went on to explain.

"I had been trying to leave him for so long," Lukas said. "He would abuse me, and he would… Every time I tried to leave, he would catch me, drag me back, and 'teach me my place'. And because he's so happy and friendly all the time, no one would believe me when I tried to tell them. Except for Emil."

Tino's eyes widened. For a while, he had been trying to piece together why Emil would hire him to kill his brother's boyfriend.

Now he knew.

"It might seem horrible of me," Lukas continued, "but I want to meet Mathias's killer. I want to thank them."

Tino examined Lukas's expression for a moment, and he could see a ghost of a smile.

"It's not horrible," Tino said. "If he was really like that to you, then… It's normal for you to feel like that. Ole hyvä."

"What's that?" Lukas asked.

Tino smiled.

"I'll never do something like that to you," Tino said.

Lukas scrutinised him for a moment, before allowing a small smile on his face.

"I know."

The prompt was: 'Person A is a contract killer/assassin who has been hired by not-Person-B to kill the current spouse of B. A carries through the murder, but finds themselves attracted to B. They eventually begin a relationship, during which A finds out that B is actually glad that their spouse died because they were an abusive spouse-beater/abuser and A then has to decide if they confess to B or not. B's reaction is up to you.'

Yeah, when I have prompts like this, I'm more likely to use popular pairings as the anti-pairing, partly out of protest, and partly to avoid hurting any rare pairs with this history.