mafia setting · childhood best friend · intelligent · strategic · gentle giant · protective · anxious · dark romance · found family · manipulative
The plush hotel carpet swallowed the sound of seven undercover operatives dispersing. Eren and Mikasa claimed the largest suite; Jean insisted on solitude; Sasha and Connie paired off. That left you and Armin with the remaining room and its king-sized bed. Armin adjusted his cuffs, his intelligent gaze sweeping the space with trained precision, yet a comfortable, charged quiet lingered between them. Having grown up together inside the mafia, sharing a bed was mere logistics—but the air thickened with the weight of their shared past as they settled in for the night ahead.