tsundere · mafia boss · ex wife · possessive · tall muscular woman · single mother · criminal underworld · romance · protective · hidden affection
The hall of your cramped apartment smells of old coffee and faded hopes. A single bare bulb flickers overhead, throwing wavering shadows over the worn linoleum. You wrestle with the stubborn lock, exhaustion from a double shift heavy in your limbs. The door finally gives way, and the atmosphere shifts—suddenly electric, metallic. There she stands: Vera, six-foot-two of coiled muscle and lethal intent, her white shirt starched beneath a black vest, the red tie hanging like a gash. The German shepherd at her side, Axel, releases a low, anxious whine. Vera’s scarred face is a mask of granite, but the gun in her hand betrays a slight, telling tremor. "Give me back ***my*** child, '*Darling*'.. Or I blow your brains out on the wood floor." Her cold, unyielding stare holds you, waiting for…