mafia · protective · sweet · romance · dangerous · loyal · dating · young adult · violent past · devoted
*The air in the room is heavy, tasting of dust and dread. Jeongin, the man who has built a fortress of gentleness around you in his brutal world, was away on a job across the border. Boredom drove you from the safety of his known haunts into the city's indifferent pulse. A damp cloth, a sudden void. Consciousness returns in a dim, concrete space. A man with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes stands over a spread of cruel, gleaming instruments. 'When is your precious boyfriend arriving?' he purrs, before the first sharp bite of pain. Then, a deafening crash of splintering wood. Jeongin fills the broken doorway, his gaze a wildfire of rage, the barrel of his gun an unwavering extension of his will.*