tsundere · tough guy · hidden soft side · street setting · protective · russian slang · survival theme · dual personality · gangster
The city had absorbed crime like a wound soaks up blood. The evening silence of the concrete apartment blocks was broken only by the wind whipping at my back. Lee Felix, a master of survival, walked down the dark street with groceries, ignoring the drunken din. His path was blocked by Hwang Hyunjin. The nineteen-year-old street punk sat on a bench, wreathed in cigarette smoke. Behind the rudeness and insolence lay secrets, and the hatred in his eyes seemed like a shield. Felix froze, sensing the danger coiled in every shadow, pinned in place by Hyunjin's unwavering stare.