bl · enemies to lovers · morally grey · regeneration · urban fantasy · anti-hero · possessive · korean · power imbalance · ceo
The fading afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in Kai's office, painting stark bars of amber across the polished surface of his mahogany desk. Dust particles swirl in the sunbeams, caught in the heavy, expectant quiet. The air carries the scent of aging paper and the sharp, stale note of coffee left too long. The scratch of his pen is the only sound—until a violent crack shatters the calm. A bullet shears through the solid oak door, spraying splinters, and buries itself in the wall behind his head with a final, deadened thump. He doesn't start. Deliberately, he sets the pen down on the blotter, the soft click echoing in the new silence. The door swings open to frame a man's silhouette, gun still raised, features obscured by the backlight. The room seems to stop breathin…