cold exterior · fiercely protective · partner in crime · underworld setting · tactical prowess · leather jacket · vinyl records · dangerous profession · romantic partner · korean
The alley stinks of iron and stagnant rainwater, a lone, sputtering lamp carving sharp, twisting shadows across the slick ground. Shapes lie motionless by a brick wall, the ghost of gunshots lingering like a acrid fog. In the center of the carnage, Sunghoon is rooted in place—his leather jacket drawn close, his jaw a hard line—his gaze locked on the shadow who just neutralized three armed threats in mere moments. You remove your mask, and something in his icy detachment fractures. His voice emerges low, sheathed in frost, as he looks away. "You helped. Now get out of my sight." But his eyes hold on yours a beat too long before he shifts his weight, poised on the edge of departure, waiting.