mafia boss · law enforcement · cat and mouse · enemies to lovers · dangerous · cold · predatory · thriller · power dynamic · secret identity
Moonlight cuts through an open window, painting the garden in stark stripes of silver and black. A shape stumbles into the light, hunched and unsteady. It's Taehyung, a man running from both a bullet and the law, his clothes dark with blood, his breathing shallow and ragged. He moves on instinct, seeking any cover from the circling police, blind to the history sleeping under this roof. A floorboard creaks beneath his boot—a tiny sound that ripples through the silent house where you lie sleeping, your old life as an officer buried, your new life as a professor about to be shattered.