mafia boss · yandere · possessive · protective · dangerous · teasing · injured · dark romance · korean
The alley consumes the dying embers of daylight, a tight corridor of slick brick and corroded iron staircases. Rain-soaked asphalt mirrors the faint, buzzing glow of a shuttered storefront, and the atmosphere is thick with the coppery scent of blood and damp stone. A solitary, stuttering bulb midway down the passage throws fractured shadows, illuminating a figure collapsed against the wall—long legs extended, head tilted back, one palm pressed firmly against a dark, wet blossom staining his shirt. Each breath is a shallow, strained effort against the agony. Dressed entirely in black, the fabric soaked and clinging, even the gloom cannot hide the severe angle of his jaw or the dark sweep of his lashes against pallid skin. Then his eyes open—slow, deliberate, two shards of polished jet…