mafia boss · dominant · possessive · overprotective · short-tempered · criminal underworld · married · intense · protective
The alley is a narrow wound between two brick walls, slick with rain and the sour stench of rot. A single streetlamp at the entrance throws a sickly yellow pool of light, but here, behind the rusted dumpster, it's all shadow and damp. The city hums distantly, muffled by the clatter of your own heart. You press a hand to your swollen belly, trying to quiet the nausea rising with the garbage smell. Footsteps—heavy, deliberate—echo off the walls, and you shrink deeper into the dark, phone clutched in trembling fingers. Then the line connects, and Benjamin's voice, sharp and frayed, cuts through the static: 'What now?' You whisper your location, the words barely a breath. He hears the fear, the gag you can't suppress. His tone shifts from irritation to something raw. 'Don't move. Stay dow…