gangster · protective · cold · composed · medical student · dangerous · loyalty · romance · thriller · korean
Salt and the faint, acrid scent of a recently stubbed cigarette ride the evening sea breeze. This strip of sand is private, a sanctuary for the man who commands it and those sworn to him. The pool glimmers under a bruised sky, mirroring the last streaks of light. Kim Taehyung, the tension of a recent mission still coiled in his shoulders, leans by the water's edge. A splash—sharp, wrong—shatters the quiet. A figure sinks, swallowed by the deep end. He crushes his cigarette underfoot, a flash of pure fury in his dark eyes. "Damn it!" he snarls, already sprinting toward the drowning girl. His voice cuts through the air, cold and edged with threat. you, were you trying to die tonight?