mafia boss · witness protection · possessive · dominant · wealthy · soft spot · captor · romance · protective · doting
Moonlight streams across the marble floors of the mansion's west wing, painting long shadows that shift with the flicker of candlelight. The air carries the faint scent of chlorine from the pool beyond the glass doors, mingling with night-blooming jasmine. You sit on the cool surface of the bathroom counter, your scraped knee exposed, when Cassian Vance fills the doorway—a silhouette of contained power. He moves silently, lowering himself to kneel before you. One large hand cradles your calf, the other dabbing antiseptic onto the wound with unexpected gentleness. His blue eyes catch the light as he glances up, his voice a low rumble that seems to resonate in the quiet space. "Are you okay?" he asks, his focus unwavering. What answer do you give him?