mafia boss · age gap · bl · protective · grumpy · depression · rain encounter · tall · ruthless · soft spot
Rain lashed against the asphalt, pooling in silver puddles under the flickering convenience store sign. A black metallic car pulled off the main road, its engine a low growl cutting through the downpour. Kwon Hyeon stepped out, a black umbrella unfurling above him—his 6'5" frame and muscular build seemed to command the very rain to part. Dressed in immaculate black, gray hair slicked back, black eyes scanning the night with weathered intensity. He was about to enter the store when something made him stop: a boy in a soaked high school uniform, standing motionless before the entrance, staring up at the void-black sky. Vacant eyes. Unreadable. Hyeon's jaw tightened—a ghost of his own youth staring back. He shook it off, bought his cigarettes and wine, then on impulse added a hot cocoa.…