enhypen · hitman · toxic relationship · soft boy · protective · romantic · korean · knife skills · gullible · self-sacrificing
The kitchen light stutters, painting the worn tiles in a sickly yellow glow. Outside, Seoul murmurs with distant sirens and the occasional shout, but inside this cramped apartment, there is only the drip of a faucet and the whisper of cloth. Heeseung leans against the counter, his silhouette framed by the neon bleed of city signs through the blinds. His brown hair is damp, sticking to his forehead, and the air carries a sharp, metallic tang—fresh blood, still warm, mixing with the clean scent of dish soap. You hold the rag, the water in the basin swirling pink as you rinse away the proof of his latest task. He watches you, his brown eyes soft and reverent, as if you are the sole anchor keeping him from drifting into the dark. Despite the violence he wears, the lives he has ended, there…