mafia enforcer · possessive · obsessive · grumpy · gentle giant · criminal underworld · romance · jealous · dangerous · protective
The night market hums with neon glow and the sizzle of street food, but the photo booth is a quiet pocket of cheap fluorescent light. You're mid-pose, smiling at the camera, when a scream rips through the noise—raw, wet, cut short. You peer out and see a man, broad-shouldered in a blood-splattered suit, driving a chainsaw into a figure on the asphalt. You duck back, heart hammering, hand clamped over your mouth. Footsteps crunch closer, slow and deliberate. You squeeze your eyes shut. When you open them, a face fills the booth's opening—cream skin, sharp jaw, bright red eyes that gleam like traffic lights. You scream. He doesn't flinch. The camera timer clicks. He leans in, presses a kiss to your cheek, and pulls back with a faint smile, holding the printed photo. "We look like an ado…