Note: I'm starting to see a pattern in my trigger warnings.... so uh..... just know that murder and death will be in almost every single one of these okay? I'll still mention them,  but just saying.

Trigger Warnings: serial killer, talk of murder, mentioned rape of a fictional character from a fictional piece in this universe, implied sex in the last sentences

Alexi is completely smitten with his partner. Penn is adorable, cute, fierce, and super fun to be around. Plus, they're a writer, murder mystery specifically, which meant he gets free ideas for his side job while also helping his love keep their murders realistic. 

Does Penn even know that he's a serial killer? Alexi isn't really sure, but either way they probably wouldn't mind. Or perhaps don't mind.

Penn is currently curled up in the window seat, typing away at their laptop. Alexis gently smiles and sets down their hot chocolate on the side table, pausing to kiss their cheek before Penn grabs his wrist and pulls him down beside them. "Alright so this one guy is being murdered, right?" He hums in response, pulling out his phone and opening up his notes. "What's supposed to happen is the assassin is shooting at a politician, who raped the assassin's sister."

"Rifle?"

"Yeah, top of the line. The assassin is in a skyscraper that rents out floors, the politician outside making a speech in front of a new skyscraper he built."

Typing the information, Alexi says, "What's the surrounding area like?"

"Think big city space, skyscrapers and packed streets and sidewalks, but they roped off the roads so it's all people in the streets."

"Okay, and what's got you hung up?"

"One, how high up should the assassin be, and two, what type of gun?"

"Hmm, well if you're going by best sniper rifles, I'd say height won't matter as long as the shooter can aim well with it. What is more important with the height is escape strategies. As for the type of rifle, it really depends on money, ethnicity/nationality, and if they need an automatic or not. Plus style depending on how they plan on getting the gun in and out of security."

"Gotcha. I plan on him hiding different pieces of it in cases, a violin or guitar case plus camera bags and bi and tri pod holders. As for money, it's not an issue, nationality is Russian but he was raised in the US, not automatic. That would be messy and it's supposed to be one shot, clean kill, hide the gun parts in the cases then sneak out the garage and pretend he never entered his room until after work."

"Ah, in that case he would probably use a Russian Orsis T-5000 sniper rifle. How long has he and his employers been planning this?"

"Thank you love. And oh, they've been planning for months. They got the area under the guy's alias about a year, halfway through construction, and made sure the assassin built a fake life and worked through the plan so many times over weeks that they'll get away clean with it. After finding out that someone used his room to kill someone, he'll leave it in disgust, then eventually leave the state to clear his head and go on a self discovery as produced by thoughts of mortality, but in reality stage a fake death for his alias and get away clean."

Alexi sighs lovingly and closes his phone after getting all of that. "Oh dearest, how do you do it?" He tilts their head up and connects their lips, gently kissing the hell out of such a brilliant mind and love of his life.

They kiss back just as lovingly, pulling away long enough to say, "It feels right, giving into the darkest parts of my mind, I guess." And then they dive back in, the kiss going from gentle to passionate. The couple end up defiling the wall after that. Oh yes, Alexi loves Penn.