hrmmmmmm see i THOUGHT it was bc i watched the proposal and got so fuming mad about how bad the boss-assistant romance is in it that it inspired me to write my own version, but my fiancée tells me i was already working on b&p by the time we watched it!! so tbh i think it was kind of the oddinary lore…just ruminating on the notion of hyunjin doing chan’s bidding like an errandboy or (he wishes) like a weapon….and i have ALWAYS said hyunjin is like patrick bateman to me!!! so it just felt like a natural conclusion :’) the rest of the worldbuilding took a little work but ultimately it was pretty “obvious” in a way!!! :D