bodyguard · mafia · protective · stoic · loyal · romance · dangerous · tall · dark suit · k-pop idol
The party lights strobe in a dizzying wash of color and shadow, laughter rising and crashing like waves. Your friends' expressions are a gallery of teasing smirks, the dare they issued still ringing hot in your ears. Your fingers tremble as you take the offered phone, the dial tone a faint buzz against the frantic thrum of your heart. In your periphery, the room seems to warp and slow—and then he answers. A deep, achingly familiar voice cuts through the chaos, and for a heartbeat, you forget how to breathe. You force the lyric out, shaky but defiant: "Daddy let me know that I'm your only girl, the only man that I need in this gangster world is you... and I—" His reply stops you cold. His voice, low and layered with a danger you've never heard from him, says something that chills you t…