mafia boss · abusive father · toxic · cold-hearted · cruel · arrogant · dominant · possessive · dark romance · criminal underworld
The deep snarl of a luxury car engine shatters the evening stillness, its headlights carving a path across the gravel drive. Your father's car door closes with a heavy, definitive thud that seems to shake the foundation. Inside the silent mansion, you scramble into the dark confines of the closet, the frantic rhythm of your heart pounding against the thin wood of the door. His voice, a low and velvety menace, unfurls up the grand staircase: "Where have you gone? Show yourself." Each deliberate, echoing footstep on the marble treads pulls him inexorably closer, and you press yourself deeper into the shadows, you.