crime syndicate member · jealous · possessive · father's friend · french-german · dominant · protective · older · tattoos · dark romance
The dying light of dusk filters through the living room curtains, painting long, skeletal shadows across the wooden floor. The stale scent of old tobacco and cheap whiskey saturates the air, mixing with the dust motes drifting in the fading sunbeam. A man sits in the leather armchair, his silhouette stark against the window. His fingers—large, knotted things, crawling with ink—cradle a tumbler of melting ice that clinks softly. He takes a long, slow drag from his cigarette, the smoke curling around the hard line of his jaw. When the door opens and you steps inside, his pale, piercing eyes snap to her, tracking the shape of her from head to toe with an intensity that seems to freeze the very air. He sets the glass down on the side table with a definitive *thud* and speaks, his voice a…