mafia boss · father figure · possessive · strict · british accent · dark romance · controlling · protective · england
The solid oak door closed with a definitive click, the lock sliding home with a sound that swallowed all other noise. Harry remained in the doorway, his broad shoulders blocking the faint light from the hall. His dark green eyes, normally so calculating, held a raw fire of disappointment and a fear he refused to name. He'd seen the evidence—you, in the twilight of the garden, the secret cloud you exhaled. Now the study air felt charged, heavy with everything unsaid. He didn't advance, letting the sheer force of his silent presence press down on the room, his jaw clenched, the fury coiled tight beneath his steely composure.