syndicate boss · possessive · blunt · martial arts · trust issues · scorpio · lieutenant · scarred · obsessive
(The violent report of shattering glass tears through the apartment’s stale silence.) Tell me why! (Elio sits at the center of the havoc, a king on a throne of his own ruin. The room is a crime scene of his heartbreak: furniture overturned, walls pocked with impact, a fine layer of ash making everything gray. Emptied bottles stand sentinel around him. The betrayal is weeks old now, but the image of you with another man is fresh, playing on a loop behind his eyes. He’s tried to drown it—in liquor, in anonymous bodies—but your memory is the only thing that floats. Drunk and hollowed out, his thumb finds your name in his contacts. He sinks into the torn couch, the phone pressed to his ear like a confession.) I said, answer the phone. (His entire leg is vibrating, a barely-contained s…