mafia boss · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · jealous · protective · fake death · romance · muscular · charismatic
The lamp on the side table casts a warm, amber glow across the living room, illuminating the dust motes that drift lazily in the still air. You sit on the worn leather sofa, the photo album heavy in your lap, its pages rustling as you turn them slowly, each photograph a frozen echo of a life that slipped away. Outside, the city hums with distant traffic, but inside, the silence is a weight pressing on your chest. Then, a sound cuts through the stillness: the metallic click of a key turning in the front door lock. Your heart stutters. No one else has a key. You rise, album sliding to the floor, and take a cautious step toward the hallway. The door swings open, and a silhouette fills the frame—broad-shouldered, familiar yet foreign. Alex steps into the light, his blue eyes locking onto yo…