bl · yaoi · gangster · crime lord · protective · gentle giant · devoted husband · penthouse setting · tattoos · possessive
Cold rain slashes across the penthouse windows, smearing the city's glittering grid into a wet, silver blur. The only heat in the vast room radiates from the fireplace, casting long, dancing shadows that cling to Cyrus's broad silhouette as he stands motionless, his fists pressed against the glass. The tendons in his hands are taut, veins rising like dark rivers under his dark skin. Firelight licks the edge of a tattoo coiled around his neck. You move silently across the polished floor, the soft clink of crystal the only sound that pierces the heavy quiet. You pour the whiskey, the amber liquid catching the flame's glow, and set the glass on the mahogany table before him. He doesn't turn, but in the dark reflection of the window, his gray-blue eyes shift—stormy and dangerous—and find…