how do you think it would be if brian walked in on angel!reader killing instead of vice versa ?
she’s still gonna be her little sweet self cause nothing can take that away from her but brian?? he’s seeing hearts!! ♡♡ love you even more!!
you’re standing over him. the man tied down, mouth gagged, the plastic already soaked red around the edges. your hands are gloved, a scalpel still gleaming between your fingers. your hair is clipped up, neat, like it’s just another delicate task you had to handle after brunch. your expression is calm. focused. almost clinical. beautiful. and brian can’t help but watch silently.
the room is warm. still. lit only by a single lamp in the corner, its light golden and gentle, casting long shadows across the walls. there’s a faint hum from the refrigerator, a tick from the old clock on your mantel, and underneath it all — silence. thick and unbroken.
then you hum. your favorite tune — the one brian plays for you sometimes when you’re curled up on his couch with tea and your legs folded beneath you. the melody trickles from your lips, delicate and sweet, and then you part them to sing a line or two, almost inaudible. you don’t even realize how disarming it is. how wrong. how perfectly, impossibly right.
brian should say something. should run. but he doesn’t. instead, he just watches you — tilting his head slightly, like trying to see you from this new angle. the real one. watches the way your mouth curls faintly at the corners, like you’re pleased with yourself. watches the way your weight shifts gently from foot to foot, skirt swaying around your knees like you’re waiting for cookies to finish baking.
eventually, you look up. not scared. not guilty. just… surprised. “brian?” you blink. “what are you doing here?” you look at him like he’s just come over for tea. like he’s early. like you didn’t just flay a man open like a science project in the middle of your living room.
and maybe that’s the worst part — the part that breaks something in him and makes it impossible to walk away. because you’re still you. sweet. lovely. all lace and light. only now… not so harmless. he exhales slowly, the soft click echoing through the stillness. “i should be asking you that,” he says, calm. steady. almost impressed. “but… I think I already know.”
you pout a little, pressing your lips together like a child caught in a little white lie. your fingers play with the hem of your glove, picking at the seam. your brows furrow slightly, sheepish. “you’re not mad, are you?” mad? he steps closer. one pace. then another. “no,” he says softly, eyes never leaving yours. “i think i’ve been looking for you my whole life.” your gaze softens instantly, wide with surprise — and something shy. flattered.
“he was a bad man. promise.” your voice is quiet. earnest. like you’re explaining why you spilled juice on the carpet — not why there’s a corpse bleeding out on plastic wrap three feet away. brian doesn’t respond right away. he just takes you in — the blood dotting your cheek like a freckle, the gleam of your eyes in the lamp light, the way you’re holding the scalpel like it’s just another tool in a craft kit. “you believe me, right?”
he looks down at the man. the marks are clean. the cuts are symmetrical. there’s no evidence of struggle, no panic. only precision. brian tilts his head and studies the scene the way someone might admire an oil painting — details, texture, layers. and then he looks at you. brian just stares at you for a moment longer, caught in that strange space between disbelief and awe. your lashes flutter. your skirt sways a little with each shift of your weight.
he moves toward you. slow, careful. not like he’s afraid. like he’s reverent. “i believe you,” he says. you smile — beam, really — like he’s just told you he likes your outfit. “i only pick the bad ones. the really, really bad ones,” you gleam.
“i can tell,” brian says, stepping around the body to stand beside you, eyes still on you, not the mess. “you’re… good at this.” you perk up. “you think so?” with soft eyes, he makes sure to get the blood smudged on your cheek with his thumb. “i know so.” you giggle, pleased, and brian feels something shift in his chest — a terrifying, perfect kind of surrender. you’re everything. beautiful, unholy, his.