Can you do another headcanon for Lewis Tan x reader where the reader is an assassin or something along those lines and if you want, Lewis trying to protect the reader as a bodyguard???
I am so sorry that this took forever and I hope that you end up seeing this anon, for some reason this got lost in my inbox somehow for who knows how long and ofc tumblr notifications suck and I just saw this due to another notification i got recently. I tweaked it just a little bit to make things flow just a little more but otherwise, here you go bb
The game: cat and mouse.
The players: You and Lewis.
The objective: you were a trained assassin with a target close to somebody Lewis cared about and he could never know that the person he thought he was protecting needed it more than he thought he did when it came to you.
It started out simply enough, you were assigned a target from your underworld shadow organization. You never questioned why you were being sent or the reason why the picture of the person needed to be "dealt with", but that was just the way it went. Unbridled and unquestioning loyalty imbued in you for as long as you could remember
Your assignment was easy, watch and monitor a target for intel
Unless of course they had to be taken care of. If that was the case, make it look like an accident or a mugging gone too far, by any means necessary
Simple enough, right?
You were used to working in the shadows, stalking your targets and learning their habits and routines better than they did it themselves.
You "accidentally" bump into them one day and end up cloning their phone for easy access to their lives
You find that their routine is almost identical every week without fail, never once faltering or changing
Monday: leave the house at 8:20-8:25 to get to work by 9. Maybe a quick stop by their favorite coffee shop with that 10 minute window they allowed themselves.
Tuesday night: hit the gym
Wednesday: Try a new restaurant with friends
Thursday: stay late at the office so they can leave early on Friday
Friday: meetings in the morning followed by a night of takeout and nights spent at home.
You can't believe that you were sent on this mission, it's almost comical at home easy it'll be to take out your target
It's not until a break in their routine when things start to become a little more complicated.
You notice small changes in your targets schedule after a couple of weeks that don't bother or raise suspicions
it isn't until you start combing through their e-mails and notice the late night calls you listen in on.
That's when you realize why they've become your target: they've found some discrepancies within their company and they're planning on becoming a whistle blower
Your target ends up becoming more erratic at work, outbursts to people, constantly looking over his shoulder. You find yourself smiling and wondering if he can somehow feel your ever hovering presence.
His righteous paranoia comes to a head when he decides to hire a personal bodyguard from one of the best independent security companies in the city.
That's when you're introduced to Lewis Tan
Tall, handsome, tattoos littered all over his body and a professional martial artist
Your interests are piqued of course, not that he'd be able to stop you but that this assignment just got a lot more interesting
You decide to test the waters with how adequate Lewis is with protecting his client
You start off small, following them as they set up a new routine that's completely different from the one your target started with
You scope out the new surveillance camera and system that Lewis has installed
It's simple enough to bypass the system with your skill set, even looping the footage for later use
You decide to tease your target a little more and hack into his personal computer, leaving no hints or clues for him to find
Finally after weeks of observing and reporting to your superiors, you're given the go ahead to take out the target before they're moved to a secure safe house set up by Lewis's team
You expertly end up setting up a Trojan Horse malware that ends up destroying the evidence on the targets computers along with any and all copies made on that computer
thanks to your surveillance over the weeks you know that the original piece of evidence is currently sitting in a safety deposit box under a fake name at the city bank.
That'd be your first stop tomorrow morning before the bank opens and notices it missing by the time Lewis and his team arrive to retrieve it
Your chance comes when a storm hits the town and the power goes out (thanks to a little help of course). No lights, no phones, nothing works
you sneak into the house, completely under the cover of darkness and shadows
You know exactly where your target is
it seems like hours rather than minutes before you've sneaked up behind them
like your assignment you take out your target, making sure it looks like an "accident"
just as easily you sneak out of the house, once again returning to the shadows.
Any travel advice site will tell you to travel like a local, but honestly you should local like a traveller. Go out with wide eyes and curiosity. Visit museums and parks and art galleries, try out the overpriced but highly rated restaurants that only tourists visit, take photos and video, stop to read those heritage information signs, treat yourself to an ice cream on a hot day. Don't let tourists be the only ones who take joy in your home.
To clarify the equator thing; the FIRST thing you should know if you're doing worldbuilding of anything larger than a single city is, at least roughly, the latitude, at least if it's located in a temperate, subtropical, tropical, polar, etc. latitude.
If you're designing a continent-sized scenario, you should KNOW how large it is and how it stretches over a world map, you don't need to do the exact coordinates, even if it's just in a loose way like "it stretches from the equator to the southern temperate zone". To do this, you NEED to put the equator on your world map, or in any case, you should know where it is compared to your main setting. This will help you create a realistic distribution of climates which will serve as a spine for the rest of your worldbuilding, as you can tell where different uses of resources, crops, flora, fauna, cultures, everything is.
Otherwise you get someone like GRRM claiming to be a genius of realistic fantasy while having no idea how big his own fucking continent is or where it is placed on the world.
Also, go read about equatorial and southern hemisphere cultures and enviroments. You don't need every world to be Fantasy Europe and Fantasy Asia. There ARE other continents, you know.
This post is made by Southern Hemisphere gang. We are out here.
Some of the laziest worldbuilding (in this particular regard) is when there's only one big continent pointing north, and things just get warmer the more south you go and it just... stops there. There's nothing else. No equator, nothing. The world just... stops. This is distressingly common. How many settings are just one big contintent which is located on an assumed northern hemisphere (usually with a defined northern frozen land, but an exotic and steamy south) I can count many.
What, you think things just get hotter the more south you go, that's your universal experience? The southest you go, you'll find boiling water? Ancient Greek ass thinking. Literally.
Even the Greeks, however, knew the Earth was round and that there was temperate zones and polar zones in the south. They KNEW the Southern Hemisphere existed. (In fact, two hemispheres separated by a boiling equatorial ocean would be fun worldbuilding if unrealistic)
Okay if you have the Potato Mountains then logically, either dwarves or goblins should eat potatoes. And even more logically, they would definitely discover you can make vodka from potatoes.
Betraying a Loved One. Your character made a choice, and it backfired, badly. They betrayed someone close to them, maybe on purpose, maybe by accident. Now, the guilt’s eating them alive. They might try to fix things, but can they even make up for what they did?
Guilt Over a Past Mistake. They made a mistake, one that cost someone else. Maybe it was reckless, maybe it was a dumb decision, but now it haunts them. They can’t stop thinking about it, and no matter how hard they try to make things right, the past keeps pulling them back.
Survivor’s Guilt. Imagine surviving something awful, an accident, a disaster, but someone else didn’t make it. Now your character is stuck asking, “Why me? Why am I still here?” They push people away, convinced they don’t deserve to be happy or even alive.
Feeling Powerless. Your character is trapped, maybe in an abusive home, a toxic relationship, or just in life itself. They feel stuck, with no control over their own future.
Being Wrongly Accused. They didn’t do it. But no one believes them. Your character has been falsely accused of something serious, maybe even a crime and now they’re fighting to clear their name. It’s not just about proving their innocence, though. They’re also battling the pain of being abandoned by people who were supposed to stand by them.
Public Humiliation. They’ve just been humiliated in front of everyone, maybe it’s a video gone viral, or they were betrayed by someone they trusted. Now, they can’t even look people in the eye.
Living in Someone’s Shadow. No matter what they do, it’s never enough. Someone else, a sibling, a friend, a partner, always shines brighter. They feel stuck in that person’s shadow, invisible and overlooked.
Abandoning a Dream. They had big dreams, but somewhere along the way, life got in the way, and now they’ve given up. Maybe it was because of fear or circumstances beyond their control, but the loss of that dream has left them feeling empty.
Childhood Trauma. Something happened to them when they were young, something painful that still affects them today. Whether it was abuse, neglect, or a significant loss, the trauma follows them into adulthood, shaping how they see themselves and the world.
Being an Outsider. They’ve never felt like they fit in, whether because of their background, their personality, or something else. They long for acceptance but fear they’ll never find it.
Struggling with Addiction. They’re caught in a destructive cycle, whether it’s with substances, behaviors, or even people. The shame and struggle to break free from addiction are real and raw.
Living with Chronic Illness. They’re living with a chronic illness or disability, and it’s not just the physical challenges that weigh them down, it’s the emotional toll, too. Maybe they feel isolated, or like they’re a burden to others.
