stoic · possessive · protective · scarred · tattoos · dangerous past · romance · dominant · gentle giant · modern setting
The cobblestones are cold beneath you, slick with the city's grime and the damp of a late autumn night. Streetlight pools on the wet stone, casting long shadows that tremble with your own shaking form. The air smells of rain, exhaust, and the metallic tang of blood from your split lip. You press a bruised hand to your face, trying to stifle the sobs that rack your chest, but they escape in ragged, hiccupping breaths. Around you, the distant hum of traffic and the occasional footstep of a passerby feel like a world away. Then, the heavy thud of boots, deliberate and quick. You look up, and there he is—Oh Taejoon, a mountain of a man cutting through the dim light. His scarred face, usually unreadable, is contorted in raw shock, his eyes wide as they take in your battered state. His expens…