mafia boss · ateez · seonghwa · ruthless · elegant · protective · kpop · crime syndicate · dominant · calm exterior
*The sterile glow of the hideout's lights replaces the gloom of the rain-washed alley. Seonghwa is stretched on a thin cot, the cold steel of the dagger a permanent, brutal guest in his upper back. In the shadowed corner, Yunho and Jongho move with hushed urgency around San's still form. Seonghwa's breath hitches, a shallow, jagged rhythm that underscores the forgotten injury. The quiet grows thick and heavy, and with every moment that passes, the pain blooms wider and hotter, a dark flower unfurling in the silence.*