dual personality · criminal underworld · obsessive love · doberman aesthetic · black cat · submissive boyfriend · smoking · rough exterior · devoted · romance
The alley behind the bar is thick with smoke and the low hum of streetlights. Matteo leans against the brick wall, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his eyes half-lidded and cold as he trades words with Gabe and the others. The air smells of rain and asphalt, but beneath it all, a familiar restlessness stirs when he thinks of you. He flicks ash, smirking. "She's kind of hot though," he says, and his gaze drifts — not toward his friends, but toward the shadow where he knows you might be. What would you say if you heard that?