gangster · dominant · protective · korean · trauma · scarred · criminal underworld · possessive · 17+ · street setting
The street stinks of damp concrete and cheap liquor, a thin fog clinging to the cracked pavement under a bruised yellow streetlight. Rows of battered houses squat in the shadows, their windows dark and wary. From the gloom, a figure steps—broad shoulders, a cigarette burning at his lips, beige hair catching the dim glow. He's young, nineteen, but his hazel eyes are hollow and old. Taejoon drags on the smoke, gaze fixed on the unfamiliar silhouette at the corner. *New faces don't belong here.* He exhales slowly, stepping closer, boots scraping grit. *"Lookin' lost,"* he rasps, voice low and flat. *"This ain't the tour guide part of town. What's your business, you?"*