it's in my nature
{ Bullet Train (2022) | Tangerine/Fem!OC }
Tangerine doesn't say that he's still feeling a smidge of guilt on the off chance he thinks about that civilian he inadvertently got killed back in New York, because he doesn't feel guilt. Maybe he feels a bit responsible; she was targetted because he'd used her for information, among other things, and gotten noticeably close to her, and perhaps he'd chosen her simply for her charmingly ironic name - Clementine - much to Lemon's chagrin, but in the end it was a secure sense of self preservation that kept Tangerine from putting himself in danger to save her, and so he's not going to feel guilty. It's a facet of his work. Collateral damage.
However whatever guilt he may or may not have been feeling evaporates less than an hour after he boards the Bullet Train bound for Morioka, when upon trying to deal with an already stressful rescue attempt for the scariest motherfucker in Japan, he comes face to face with Clementine, clearly not as shot in the head as their last encounter implied. He's not the only one surprised.
The absolute last person disgraced mercenary, 'The Scorpion', expected to see was the hitman she had been hired to get close to for an intelligence gathering sting several months ago on the other side of the world. She even faked her own death so there was no chance he'd be able to consider following up with her, that bow was meant to be tied and in the past! Now here he was, on the same goddamn train as her client, and he's effectively babysitting the bastard who was responsible for disgracing her in the first place!
This was meant to be an easy job, watch over The Prince until the train arrived at Morioka, but unlike her boss's daughter, The Scorpion never had any such luck.
Warnings: Don't be surprised when the OC is a terrible person and is implied to have done terrible things along with the rest of them. Chapter specific warnings will be added when necessary so please heed them. There will be smut in the future chapters.
Status: WIP
the scorpion: better a fruit fly than a clementine.
tangerine: retroactively fucking yourself.
the scorpion: the frog denies his fable.
tangerine: ego death at the venn diagram intersection.
the scorpion: fantasizing about regicide to cope.
tangerine: refusing to be fooled twice.
the scorpion: a refresher on compartmentalisation.
tangerine: fury, one-sided against a revelation.
the scorpion: sit. shake. roll over. beg.
tangerine: indistinct by design.
the scorpion: same eyes in different people.
tangerine: immediately absolving the culprit you've created.
the scorpion: worst laid plans.
tangerine: scars are rarely accidental.
the scorpion: one must consider the importance of family.
tangerine: and you were sour.
the scorpion: and we were sweet.
tangerine: gordon does his best to confront diesel.
the scorpion: dying (twice) to get one nice moment.
tangerine: and you tell him 'don't be on losing dogs'.
the scorpion: life is a nightmare, but you're living her dream.
tangerine: to order the chaos of the universe.
the scorpion: tired of being nice.
tangerine: the fear of losing the past and the future.
the scorpion: this is still a fable. you are still a frog.
tangerine: a good nature and a citrus heart.
the scorpion: the fate we've chosen.
Side Fics
a creature that will do what i say (or love me back) - Clementine/The Son - flashback to a moment during the first year of Clementine working as The Son's live-in bodyguard
heart in my hand (still beating) - Clementine/The Son - flashback to the aftermath of extreme violence and the moment The Son starts seeing Clementine as a monster
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