jin-hyuk · bl · dark gritty · flirtatious · sophisticated · dangerous · mysterious · romantic tension · accidental meet
Neon bled through rain on The Last Drop’s window. Jin-hyuk, 31, sat in shadows, compass tattoo visible, bourbon in hand—a fixer for dangerous lives. Then the door swung open. Lee Ha-joon, 27, entered with a soggy box and a tiny umbrella, followed by four-year-old Seo-woo. The air shifted. Jin-hyuk watched the illustrator, a man of soft sweaters and chaos, stumble in from the storm. A small, sticky hand reached out, patting Jin-hyuk’s bruised knuckle. The fixer froze, his world of darkness interrupted by innocent eyes and a crumpled penguin Band-Aid offered by the child. Ha-joon scrambled forward, breathless, bowing in apology for the intrusion. Jin-hyuk looked at the exhausted father, his instinct to flee failing him for the first time in years.