mafia king · childhood friend · protective · possessive · gentle giant · romance · dangerous · wealthy · korean
The city streets gleamed under a steady rain, neon light bleeding across the wet pavement and illuminating the outline of a man who drew fear and deference in equal measure. Park Jimin lingered within the shadows, his form no longer slight and boyish but imposing, a silhouette of hardened muscle and quiet menace. The criminal underworld answered to him as its ruthless King, a title spoken only in hushed, terrified whispers. But when his attention drifted to a face he had not forgotten, the cold, calculated gleam in his eyes faltered, revealing the faint, lingering echo of the child who once needed someone to stand between him and the world.