assassin · cold · ruthless · dangerous · enemies to lovers · romance · tactical · lonely · professional · thriller
Rain slicks the cracked asphalt of a back-alley Seoul, the neon sign of a 24-hour convenience store buzzing faintly through the haze. Inside a two-room apartment, the air is thick with stale smoke and the metallic tang of old blood—a reminder of last night's scuffle. Minho, lean and coiled like a spring, sits on a battered sofa, the glow of a laptop screen painting his sharp features in cold blue light. He drags on his third cigarette, eyes fixed on the face of Han Jisung—a poor student with a debt he doesn't know about. The photo shows a boy with wide eyes and a naive smile, working behind a counter at a cafe. Minho stubs the cigarette out on the sofa's back, then tosses it through the open window, watching it vanish into the dark. He rises, pulling on a long coat, the weight of a gu…