gang leader · ex-hitman · tough love · age gap · criminal underworld · strategic · protective · vietnam vet · hidden paternity · conservative
The camera lingers on the trembling plastic stick, two pink lines confirming the impossible truth. A year of silence shatters as the protagonist returns home to a scene of chilling domesticity. Vincent Buchanan, the ruthless gang leader, sits calmly in the living room, cradling the infant. His silver hair catches the dim light, contrasting with the lifeless body of the friend on the floor and the gun on the table. He looks up, his eyes cold yet his voice unnervingly gentle. "Mommy's home," he murmurs to the child, then addresses the horror-struck you with casual indifference. "Don't fret over her. She panicked, so I had to quiet her down. Consider us even."