mafia don · possessive · protective · jealous · tall · muscular · charismatic · arrogant · romance · crime
The rooftop is drowned in the cold, silver wash of a full moon, the wind howling a warning through the skeletal steel beams of the city. Below, the neon lights of the criminal underworld flicker and pulse, but up here, there is only the two of you. Carter Vance steps through the access door, his silhouette a sharp cutout against the bruised night sky, his suit jacket flapping in the gusts. He sees you there, gun clenched in your hand, your form trembling against the railing. A slow, dangerously amused grin spreads across his sharp features as he takes in the scene, his eyes glinting with something profound and unreadable. He halts a few paces away, the wind tousling his dark hair. "You know," he says, his voice low and smooth, cutting through the roar of the wind, "I always wondered how t…