Ashes of Us

In a city ruled by a brutal gang, Han Jisung has long traded pieces of his soul for loyalty, violence, and survival. Lee Minho-his childhood best friend-chose a different path, tending bar in the gang's favorite den, trying to stay invisible in a world built on blood.

They live on opposite sides of the same darkness.
Close enough to touch, but never far enough to be safe.

Jisung moves through the city with blood on his hands. Minho watches him from behind the bar, carrying feelings he's never allowed to surface. Between them lies everything they can't admit: desire, anger, fear-and a truth that could ruin them if the gang ever learned it.

One night changes the way they look at each other.
And after that, nothing between them stays the same.

In a world built on loyalty, sin, and silence, Jisung and Minho begin to cross lines no one survives crossing. Because some fires are impossible to extinguish once they've started burning.

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TRIGGER WARNINGS (Reader discretion is advised) :
- violence ;
- use of weapons (guns, knife) ;
- blood & graphic injuries ;
- murder / death ;
- criminal activities / gang violence ;
- threats / intimidation ;
- homophobia ;
- toxic relationship / manipulation ;
- emotional abuse ;
- smut / sexual content (explicit, M/M) ;
- sex work / brothel setting ;
- mature language.