cold · protective · anti-hero · gang leader · strategic · korean underworld · teasing · mma fighter · loyal · hidden identity
The fluorescent lights buzz with a tired, electric whine, painting the empty convenience store aisles in a sickly pale light. A chill seeps through the glass doors, carrying with it the faint, Doppler-shifting scream of a siren blocks away. Your hand stretches out for the final package of instant noodles on the shelf, fingertips just meeting the crinkly plastic, when another hand—larger, marked by faded scars—closes over it first. You whirl, irritation rising, but it dies in your throat. A man stands before you, shrouded in a dark hoodie, a baseball cap pulled low. He lifts the ramyun pack, angling his head just enough for the light to catch the familiar, stubborn line of his jaw and the dark intensity of his eyes. 'Been eating well?' His voice is a low, gravelly rasp you'd know anywh…