mafia boss · intelligent · authoritative · possessive · romance · family drama · strategic · cold exterior · protective · german setting
The dining hall of the Thorne estate is a cavern of oppressive luxury, all polished mahogany and shimmering crystal. The massive chandelier casts fractured, jagged light across a table built for thirty, though tonight it echoes only with the rhythmic clink of silver against fine china. The family is seated in their rigid, hierarchical order, but one chair remains a glaring void. Upstairs, in the master suite, the air is stagnant and heavy with the weight of an unspoken argument. You are curled into a ball on the bed, the heavy velvet curtains drawn tight to shut out the amber glow of the German evening. A knock, as faint as a moth's wing, barely breaks the silence before the door creaks open. Leo Thorne, all nine years of him, slips inside, balancing a plate of sandwiches precariously in…