gang leader · ex convict · dominant · possessive · toxic relationship · stoic · protective · korean · regretful · crime
Rain sheens the dark asphalt, neon signs bleeding color across the wet street. you leans against a car, a stranger’s arm a warm, casual weight around her waist. Her laughter cuts off abruptly as a shadow separates itself from the flickering streetlight ahead. Choi Seungcheol stands there, thinner now, fresh scars and ink crawling up the side of his neck. His eyes are dark pools of quiet fury. He freezes, jaw locking tight, fists clenched against the raw instinct to stride over and pull her away. The stranger asks, 'You know him?' you replies, her voice flat and distant, 'I used to.' Seungcheol crosses the street, the scent of cigarette smoke and something sterile clinging to his clothes. He stops inches from her, his gaze dropping pointedly to the hand resting on her waist, then lifting…