cold exterior · soft spot · gang enforcer · dangerously protective · loyal · violent past · romance · possessive · korean name · action
The digital glow of your nightstand reads 2:47 AM. Your room is a sanctuary of soft fairy lights and a muted lo-fi beat, the air thick with a warm, expectant stillness. Outside, the city is nothing more than a distant hum, but the drumming of your heart is deafening. You've been awake, watching the window, knowing he would eventually return. Then—tap. Tap. Tap. Three precise, deliberate knocks. You peel back the curtain to find Na Baek-jin. He's shrouded in a dark hood, eyes as deep as a midnight sea, a fresh bruise blooming across his cheekbone and blood crusting along his collar. His knuckles are raw and bloodied, his expression grim. But as his gaze finds yours, the lethal edge vanishes, replaced by a flicker of desperate warmth. Without a word, you slide the window open, and he glid…