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Summary
Y/N, a grad student in engineering, is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time when she’s taken hostage by a rival gang to get to Wooyoung. What starts as fear and survival turns into trust, closeness, and eventually love. With threats in the shadows and unlikely allies along the way, Y/N and Wooyoung discover that home isn’t a place—it’s each other.
Pairing: Y/N × Wooyoung (ATEEZ)
Genre: Mafia AU • Romance • Angst • Smut • Found Family
Trope: Wrong place, wrong time • Forced proximity → trust • Clingy!Wooyoung • Protective × Brave • Slow-burn → Lovers • Found family warmth • Bickering side couple (Hongjoong × Nari)
Featuring: Ateez as Wooyoung’s gang/found family • Nari (Y/N’s best friend & chaos gremlin) • Seijun (enemy → ally) • Y/N’s grandmother (mentioned, emotional thread)
⚠️ Triggers: Violence, Kidnapping / hostage situation, Threats of sexual assault (non-con elements • harassment • forceful kissing/touching → not carried through), Blood • injuries • shooting, Angst • panic • fear responses (trauma aftermath, humiliation), Explicit sexual content