{ p s y c h o // shawn mendes fanfic }

seventeen

SHAWN
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i shove my phone back into my pocket and proceed to knock on Cameron's door. he answers seconds later in sweats and a plain tee. looks like he's not planning on going anywhere.

"hey! Shawn! my boy! come in!" Cameron greets me with a huge smile. its big enough to be considered scary.

he walks back inside and leaves the door open for me to come in. i do so and close the door behind me. i look around and there's nothing new or different here. same old house i came to know throughout our years of work.

"so, Shawn, don't take this the wrong way, but why are you here?" Cameron politely and enthusiastically asks sitting down on the beige couch near us. i sit next to him and start to explain, "i came here to talk about Charlotte. do you even know who she is?"

"of course. she's a target that G told us about." Cameron says. i press my lips together and nod my head, taking in all the information. "so, do you have any feelings for her?" i was going to slowly weave this question into the conversation but then i thought fuck it and blurted it out instead.

"no. why would i? why would love someone who i know i won't be seeing again." he answers standing up and walking into his kitchen, getting some snacks from his pantry.

he has a good point though. why love something when you know it will be gone? its like setting up a heartbreak. with Charlotte, even if i back out, Cameron or Sammy will do their job, without feeling guilty.

isn't that what a psychopath is? someone who isnt guilty, or remorseful of anything they do, no matter how bad the crime is. i guess Sammy, Cameron, and i have all gone a little more psycho since we first decided to take on the job. some more than others. i'm not proud of it, but if it will help my family, i'm all in.

i shake the thoughts out of my head and decide to ask Cameron another question. "so, you don't remember the time you left Charlotte that one night because there was unfinished business with Sammy and G?" Cameron stops, like his body were shutting down. he stands, motionless, staring at the pantry.

he slowly turns, facing me. "i-i-" he starts to say. maybe i snapped him out of it. that thought was quickly dismissed when Cameron started to groan in pain and hold his head.

"Cameron!" i yell sprinting to him and holding him upright. "Cameron?! i'm calling 911." i state pull out my phone. he smacks it out of my hand causing it to fly across the room. i watch it hit the ground, cracking the screen.

my head immediately turns to Cameron. "don't." he grits his teeth. what has gotten into him? he holds me by the wrist and i can't break his grip. i twist and pull but nothing seems to work.

"sorry Shawn, but we have a job to do and we can't have feelings about Charlotte ruin our plan." Cameron says like a threat. "Cameron, what are you-" and just like that, everything goes black.
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A/N: hello!! its been a while since i've updated, hasn't it? school started for me recently and its a lot to take it but i will still be writing.

anyways, i'm sorry its such a short chapter. i will try to write more in the future.

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