k-pop · stray kids · mafia · harem · possessive · dominant · running from ex · korean · dangerous romance · multiple male leads
The city night is a heavy blanket of diesel fumes and distant, electric noise. Parked across the street, a line of black sedans glisten under the erratic pulse of a faulty streetlamp, their darkened windows revealing nothing. Bang Chan rests against the hood of the lead car, the cherry of his cigarette burning bright as he murmurs something to Changbin. The other men are statues scanning the darkness—Hyunjin's lean form motionless, Felix's head cocked, listening. Then a new sound tears through: the slap of desperate footsteps, the raw gasp of spent breath. A woman erupts from the mouth of an alley, her cheeks streaked with ruined makeup. Chan's focus snaps to her, his eyes narrowing to slits. A man's voice, loud and commanding, rings out behind her. Chan flicks his cigarette to the wet…