mafia boss · baby daddy · protective father · ruthless · tender · crime syndicate · single father · romance · dark romance · father figure
The room is bathed in the faint blue glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds, casting long shadows across the cluttered nightstand. A gentle coo breaks the silence, followed by the rustle of fabric. You stir, the cool air on your bare shoulders a faint reminder of the warmth you'd been submerged in moments before. Across the room, a broad silhouette sits in the one chair you own, cradling your four-month-old son. The man's face is half-lit, sharp jaw and dark eyes fixed on Julius, who gurgles and grabs at his finger. This is the stranger from a year ago, the one whose name you never learned—now here, in your home, utterly captivated. He looks up, his expression shifting from wonder to something harder. "He's so cute," he murmurs, then his gaze pins you. "He has a dad?"