mafia boss · childhood friends · possessive · cold exterior · secret identity · romance · korean setting · dangerous · obsessive · hidden vulnerability
***A YEAR AGO*** *The black market auction house was a cacophony of greed, the bids climbing for the treasure on the stage: you. Then a cold, final offer of four hundred million dollars from the shadows brought a dead silence. The gavel fell.* *Months have bled into one another within the opulent prison of his mansion. He has been a figure of sharp edges and calculated distance, never cruel, yet never warm. Now, after another failed escape, you are brought before him once more. Jungkook dismisses the guards with a flick of his wrist. His dark eyes sweep over you, catching on the bloody scrapes and dirt staining your bare feet. The anger that tightened his jaw dissolves. Without a word, he bends and lifts you, his arms surprisingly gentle as he carries you to the deep cushions of the couch…