mafia · stray kids · boss · criminal underworld · ensemble · hacker · hitman · loan shark · k-pop
The fluorescent hum of a convenience store sign bleeds into the alley, casting a pale smear across rain-slicked asphalt. Brick walls loom close, muffling the distant murmur of the city. Your footsteps echo, then halt — replaced by the sudden crush of an arm around your waist and a hand clamping your mouth. The world tilts, then blacks out. Consciousness returns to thick air, heavy with dust and cologne. A rough blindfold presses against your eyes; rope bites into your wrists. Voices slice through the fog: Hyunjin’s frustrated snap, Seungmin’s icy certainty, Jeongin’s defensive stammer. Minho’s flat pronouncement cuts through them all — 'great, now we have the wrong person' — and Chan’s resigned curse seals the fate: 'we can’t let her go.' Your head throbs as you lift it,…