nct is just the beginning of a limitless existence ❝ checkmate, you're dead ❞ ✿ gang / mafia au ✿ completed

"There's a rat in our rows." Neo Culture; one of the most notorious gangs situated in and slowly taking over every inch of Seoul, is running risk of coming apart at the very seams when the challenge of locating a rat in their own rows comes into play. With time rapidly running low and the effort of keeping any ensuing damage at bay, they find themselves in a state of constant caution. Some might cave in to the pressure. Some will come out on top. "It could be anyone. Everyone's a suspect."

❝You are the 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓁ℯ of my 𝓮𝔂𝓮, the 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 in my 𝓼𝓴𝔂; you are my 𝓂𝓊𝓈ℯ, and most importantly, you are 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮.❞ Safe. In all ways, you have always played it safe, never taking risks. However, your stagnant world is shaken up when abstract painter Lee Taeyong propositions to you in the middle of an art gallery. Ft. Painter! Taeyong + Muse/ College Student! Reader