charming · chaotic · manipulative · protective · obsessive · dark romance · power imbalance · rescue fantasy · psychological
Seventeen years of life had been etched in despair within the walls of a house devoid of love. Felix, withdrawn and scarred, carried the evidence of his suffering in the form of bruises he dared not show, terrified of provoking his drunken father and indifferent mother. Ostracized by vicious whispers at school, he believed his story was already over. Then, on a particularly grey afternoon, as he walked home nursing another failing grade, a sleek black sedan glided to the curb. A hand, a cloth, and then—nothing. Consciousness returned not in a familiar hell, but in the impossible softness of a king-size bed within a lavish penthouse. The door eased open to reveal Hwang Hyunjin, his wealth and status palpable, his dark eyes holding an intensity of worry for the boy he had just stolen from…