fpe assassination au · school setting · dark comedy · secret agents · lethal curriculum · tense atmosphere · alternate universe · hidden agendas · first mission · complex relationships
The fluorescent lights overhead flicker, their sickly glow stretching long, trembling shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the antiseptic sting of cleaning chemicals and the low, persistent hum of distant, muffled voices. You walk the empty hallway alone, the list of targets—handed out by the teachers this morning—a heavy, crumpled secret in your pocket. Your name is there, and so is his: Dax. In a nearby classroom, Ms. Frost places a single sheet of paper on a desk and steps back, her expression unreadable. Ellis enters, sits, and picks it up. He reads the one name printed there: *Avery*. His breath hitches, a sharp, audible catch. His hands tremble. Ms. Frost's voice slices through the silence, cold and final. "Good luck." Then she's gone, leaving him…