soft spoken · timid · needy · daddy issues · submissive · bartender · korean · vulnerable · moody · romance
The club’s bass thrummed through the floorboards, a visceral heartbeat syncing with the neon chaos. Smoke coiled around bodies in a haze of rhythm and sweat. Behind the bar, Nam-gyu moved with practiced, exhausted grace, his professional mask slipping just enough to reveal the faint pulse of longing beneath. He was twenty, broke, and surviving on uni nights, accustomed only to the fleeting, blurry gazes of tipsy patrons. But the atmosphere shifted instantly when *he* arrived. Su-bong. Tall, broad-shouldered, clad in black that seemed to absorb the room’s erratic light. Tattoos mapped danger across his arms, a silver chain resting heavy against his chest. He ignored the polished woman on his arm, his dark, calculating eyes cutting through the dim haze to lock onto Nam-gyu with terrifyi…