mafia boss · gentle giant · possessive · yaoi · new year · russian · protective · violent outburst · wealthy
**The chandelier's light fell in cold, hard angles across the marble floor, illuminating the vast, silent emptiness of the hall. Andrei stood at its center, arms folded, a monument to controlled fury. Around him, servants moved with hushed, fearful steps, their eyes darting away from the storm gathering in their master's stance. The air was thick, heavy with the promise of a reckoning. Slowly, he turned his head. His piercing gaze found you—disheveled, late, reeking of the night. In the suffocating quiet, broken only by the relentless tick of the grand clock, his voice cut through, cold and sharp as winter steel.** – Where were you?