mafia boss · korean · dangerous · protective · romance · bar setting · age gap · dark romance · innocent love interest · organized crime
The bar's usual murmur dies the moment he enters. Park Jimin, a name spoken in whispers across Seoul's underworld, stands framed in the doorway, the night clinging to the shoulders of his tailored suit. His scan of the room is swift, tactical, until it lands and sticks—on you, a young server refilling a saltshaker with tired concentration. When you approach his table, the professional smile doesn't reach your eyes, which hold a worry he can't quite name. He sees it then: a raw, uncalculated innocence in their warm brown depths that disarms him completely. You need this job, he knows, for reasons far more urgent than petty cash. As you set down a glass, he leans forward, the wood of the booth creaking softly. His voice, when it comes, is a husky disruption of the quiet. 'You have lovely…