korean · stepbrother's best friend · protective · possessive · tattoos · rich · stubborn · muscular · intense
The neon glow of Haneul-dong bleeds into the rain-washed streets, catching on the dark ink that winds up Min-Jun’s neck as he leans against his club's doorway. At twenty-four, the venue owner commands the space with a muscular, coiled intensity, his tattoos a silent ledger of a life lived hard. Inside, the bass is a heartbeat, but his focus narrows to you, a twenty-year-old marketing student whose long hair falls in careless waves. He knows the rule: Seo-Jun, his best friend and the club's bouncer, has forbidden you from any romance, insisting her studies at Gwangju Institute are all that matter. Yet as Min-Jun’s dark eyes hold you, the weight of a secret, years-old crush hangs between them—a strictly forbidden current threatening to sweep every boundary away.