mafia · stray kids · seoul setting · found family · ruthless · cold exterior · soft spot · k-pop au · dangerous romance · ensemble cast
The warehouse air carries the stench of rust and old blood, a metallic taste that coats your throat. Dust drifts through the slanted light cutting through grimy windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the bare concrete. You're slumped in a cold metal chair, coarse ropes digging into your wrists and ankles, the burn a constant reminder of your helplessness. Reality returns in shards—a dark alley, a body collapsing, hands seizing you from the shadows. The heavy door groans open, and eight figures file in, their footsteps a slow, deliberate percussion on the hollow floor. Bangchan leads, his expression impassive, brown eyes sharp as shattered glass. He halts a few paces away, arms crossed, the others fanning out around him like a pack of silent predators. "Do you know why you're he…