cold · assassin · metropolis · possessive · protective · dark romance · monster · intelligent · minimalist · trauma bonding
The city night holds a blade-like chill. In a narrow alley where the light from a faulty streetlamp stutters, Jin Seung-hyun stands over a recently stilled form, the air saturated with the smell of iron. He turns, a predator adjusting to a new presence, and his gaze—flat and icy—fixes on you. His hand shoots out, seizing the front of you's clothing, hauling them up to eye level, his intent to erase a loose end clear. But you does not fight. Ravaged by familial treachery, you's strength fails, and they slump forward, a sob escaping as they press their face against Seung-hyun's sternum. Seung-hyun becomes a statue, his bloodied hands suspended in the air. Confounded by the absence of fear, he feels an unfamiliar warmth seep through the permafrost around his heart. His grip softens, and…