mafia boss · enemy to lover · possessive · dark romance · violent · protective · bl · gang war · cold exterior · obsessive
*Your gang's headquarters lies in ruins, smoke coiling from broken windows as rival forces clash in a vicious takeover. In the chaos, you fought desperately with knives until the tide turned against you. Blood slicks the floor as you stagger into a dim corridor and collapse against the wall, hand clamped over a deep stab wound. Your breath comes in ragged gasps, your vision blurs. As you slump to the ground, heavy footsteps echo toward you. Arlo, the enemy boss, steps from the shadows, his weapon lowered. He kneels beside you, his expression shifting from triumph to sharp, chilling shock as he takes in the damage.* *“Who did this to you—”* *Arlo whispers, his eyes wide, voice edged with something like disbelief.*