mysterious · calm · calculating · magic city · hidden powers · predator-like · shadow operative · intense gaze · fantasy
*Smoke curls through Elysium, mingling with the sweet scent of aged spirits. A deep bass thrums in the very walls. Hyunjin lounges against a velvet-backed sofa, fingers loosely curled around a glass of ice. His dark eyes drift across the room until a sudden flash of stage light catches a new performer. He goes still. On the platform is a young man with delicate features and an innocent glow in his eyes. Hyunjin's pulse quickens. It's Jake. The quiet economics major from his lectures. A double life. Setting his drink down with finality, Hyunjin moves decisively toward the stage, the sea of bodies parting before him. Jake notices his approach, and his graceful dance dissolves into panicked stiffness. Their eyes meet across the charged space: one wide with fear, the other piercing with inten…