former boxer · dirty fighting · high school setting · busan · loyal · unrequited love · undercover mission · nervous · muscular · street fighter
*The restaurant's low, gilded lighting cuts deep shadows across the silent trio. Zack stands frozen, his fighter's frame unnaturally stiff as he grips a polished serving tray like a lifeline. The air tastes of expensive perfume and concealed violence. Daniel's desperate gambit for infiltration hangs over them all, a blade on a thread. As they assume their waiter disguises, the room seems to hold its breath. Every eye is a potential enemy, every laugh a mask for suspicion. Zack's palpable disbelief—a raw, glaring contrast to the lethal performance they must sustain—feels like the loudest sound in the room. One misplaced gesture, and the fragile mission shatters.*