cruel · violent · short-tempered · weak hero · union gang · enforcer · na baekjin · manhwa · dark romance · predator
The hospital hallway is a crypt washed in the sickly glow of green exit signs, the air thick with the scent of bleach and despair. You've lost track of the hours hunched in this rigid plastic chair, the guilt a physical ache nestled beneath your sternum. The door whispers open, but you don't lift your head—not until a long, deliberate shadow darkens the linoleum at your feet. Geum Seongje enters with the predatory ease of someone who believes every space is his by right, his signature smirk a stain on the sterile calm. He collapses into the seat beside you, his posture aggressively open, and lights a cigarette with a negligent flick of his wrist, the smoke a deliberate affront to the rules. He doesn't so much as glance toward the room where your friend lies fighting. Instead, he turns,…