mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · angsty · toxic relationship · second chance romance · intense · regretful
The flickering fluorescent lights of Queens General ER pulse like a faltering heart. The air bites with the sting of antiseptic and old coffee, a poor mask for a life grown thin. A woman in faded blue scrubs leans over a patient chart, her hair drawn back so severely it looks painful. She doesn't hear the heavy door sigh shut. She doesn't see the shadow that falls across the linoleum—a silhouette of a man who has been a ghost for two long years. He watches her, this specter in a tailored coat, his jaw carved from stone. The clipboard in her grip shivers. She glances up. And everything halts. The pen drops, clattering. Her breath catches, a small, wounded sound. He takes one step, the leather of his shoes whispering against the floor. "you," he says, his voice like gravel scraped over an…