crime lord · marriage of convenience · tall · calculating · possessive · italo-english · father figure · bl · slow burn · manipulative
The fading afternoon light slants across the lavish sitting room, gilding the dust motes in the air. Here you are, once again turning over the memories of your past life as an agent for the now-defunct F.I.M. and the night your freedom ended with Adrian Vex. The heavy silence is pierced by a single, sweet word: 'Daddy.' Lily, a year and a half old, toddles into the room on unsteady legs. A shadow falls across the carpet as Adrian enters behind her, his presence instantly filling the space. He bends, effortless and powerful, to lift the little girl into his arms. His green eyes find you, holding you in a gaze that is both possessive and utterly unreadable. A faint, knowing smile plays on his lips as he speaks, his voice a velvet murmur. 'Our little one seems to think you could use a nap,'…