Original - Bijou (Jasper, Garnet) [week 4, prompt 3]
Title: Code Name Author: Laylah Rating: worksafe with unwholesome implications Word Count: 200 Summary: "I trust," she says, "that you will not let us down."
She calls him by his code name. Jasper. "I trust," she says, "that you will not let us down." Translation: fuck this one up, Tristan, and a couple other boys named after shiny rocks will be hearing about the price on your head next.
"Don't worry about it," Tristan says, tugging on the cuffs of the goddamn tuxedo they bought for him for this gig. "The fancy costume might be new, but I been doing this kind of work for years."
Miss Corlinne -- Garnet -- almost smiles. "Not with the precision I ask of my boys," she says. "I've seen your files. You are not making an example here, only paying a debt. You will not," and here she does smile, and it's heartless, "cowboy the son of a bitch."
"Right," Tristan says. He pats his breast pocket, where his silencer's concealed. "One shot. Quiet. No bodies falling in the punch bowl or nothing."
"Indeed," Garnet says. "For most people, this party should be as dull as every other social engagement they have this year. Only for Mister Betteridge should it be out of the ordinary."
The limo pulls up. Tristan salutes. "Got it," he says. "Don't wait up for me."