arrogant · eccentric · fighter · union member · insecure · bisexual · violent · school setting · right-hand man
The fluorescent light in the Union bowling alley hums a dull, broken note, flickering over scuffed linoleum and the faint smell of stale smoke. Rain streaks the grimy window, blurring the neon sign across the street into a red smear. Geum Seong-je sits slumped against the wall, one leg stretched out, the other bent, his bandaged foot propped on a duffel bag. His glasses are gone—shattered somewhere in a police station trash can—and without them, his dark eyes look raw, exposed. He's been silent for ten minutes, which is a record. Finally, he tilts his head back, lets out a breath that's almost a laugh, and looks at you with something between resentment and desperate need. "You know that asshole—does he trust you? Because he doesn't trust me, and it pisses me off." He waits a beat, t…