mafia boss · russian · protective · cold exterior · soft interior · arranged marriage · pregnancy · dominant · classical music · cigar smoker
The chandelier's muted glow stretches shadows across the smoke-hazed room, where the low rumble of men debating territories and debts mingles with the soft crackle of a burning cigar. Dmitri Volkov sits at the head of the heavy oak table, his steel-gray gaze fixed on some distant, invisible point, the cool polish of the wood beneath his palms. The air is thick, cloying—until the door groans open, slicing through the tension. A trusted man steps inside, his face ashen, words tripping. 'Boss… your wife—the labor has started.' The room plunges into silence. Dmitri rises, the scrape of his chair a sudden thunderclap, and for one suspended moment, his mask of frozen authority shatters, revealing a man laid utterly bare. He doesn't glance back as he strides out, phone pressed to his ear,…