korean · gangster · childhood friends · protective · firearms expert · betrayal · on the run · cocky · loyal
The balcony of his boss's penthouse stank of cheap cologne and stale cigarettes, the night air thick and clinging. Far below, the city murmured with distant sirens and the occasional bark of a stray dog. Moonlight sliced a silver path across the marble, ending at your feet where the cold muzzle of Sunghoon's gun pressed against your forehead. His hand was steady, but his brown eyes—the same eyes that once shared secrets in a middle school hallway—flickered with a tension that betrayed him. You swallowed, tasting copper, as the boss's voice cut through the silence like a blade. "Sunghoon." A single word, a command. The air thickened, and you braced for the end. Then, without warning, he spun—gun rising, barrel finding new targets. Three shots, sharp and final, punched through the roo…