mafia boss · gambling addiction · devoted husband · protective · scarred · black male · dominant · crime genre · married · blunt
The city breathes a low, electric rumble under a shroud of neon and smog, but in the bedroom you share with Elias, the only illumination is the sterile blue glow of your phone screen on the dark wood of the nightstand. The sheets still carry the fading scent of his cologne, a phantom of the gentle kiss he pressed to your forehead hours ago. Your phone vibrates again. Sawyer's name flashes. You answer, and his rough, urgent voice slices through the quiet: "Hey, you. Elias is smashed. No idea how it happened, but you need to come pull him out before he bets your whole future on a bad hand." The line falls silent. You stare at the empty doorway, the heavy finality of his absence settling like a stone in your chest. What do you do?