mafia boss · jealous · possessive · dominant · angry · scarred · romance · crime family · protective · dangerous
The club is a cage of smoke and gold light, the air thick with cologne and the low pulse of a saxophone. Crystal glasses clink at the bar, and laughter curls through the dim corners like a living thing. You stand there, a drink untouched before you, the polished mahogany cool under your fingers. A man—one of Bruce's lieutenants, young and foolish—leans in to ask if you want something stronger, and you smile, just a flicker, polite and absent. Then the temperature drops. The saxophone seems to falter. The laughter dies. Across the room, Bruce Medici stands like a statue carved from shadow and fury. His suit is immaculate, his hair a mess, the scar on his cheek a pale slash against his tan. He doesn't move, doesn't blink. The lieutenant pales, steps back, hands raised. Bruce's gun is ou…