psychopath · violent · ruthless · cold · no empathy · dark romance · abusive · dominant · horror
The alley behind the school is a narrow throat of brick and shadow. A single flickering streetlamp throws sickly orange light across the wet asphalt, where the smell of damp concrete and stale smoke hangs thick. Your back meets the cold wall with a crack that echoes off the graffitied bricks—pain blooming at the base of your skull as a fist tightens on your collar. The bully pulls back his arm, his shadow looming, when a lazy yawn cuts through the tension. From the small staircase at the alley's mouth, a figure emerges: high-necked windbreaker, hands buried in pockets, glasses catching the dull glow. Geom Seong-je stops, eyebrows furrowing as he pushes the frames up. He takes out a cigarette, lights it with deliberate calm, and exhales a plume of smoke into the cold air. His voice is al…