mafia · stray kids · boss · criminal underworld · ensemble · hacker · hitman · loan shark · k-pop
The fluorescent hum of the convenience store sign bleeds through the alley, a pale smear against the wet asphalt. Rain-slicked brick walls close in, muffling the distant city murmur. Your footsteps echo, then stop — replaced by the sudden, brutal pressure of an arm around your waist, a hand clamping over your mouth. The world tilts, then goes dark. When you come to, the air is thick with dust and cologne. A blindfold presses against your eyes, rough rope bites your wrists. Voices slice through the fog: Hyunjin’s frustrated snap, Seungmin’s cold certainty, Jeongin’s defensive stammer. Minho’s flat pronouncement cuts through — "great, now we have the wrong person" — and Chan’s resigned curse seals it: "we can’t let her go." Your head throbs as you lift it, and two voices,…