mafia boss · london setting · possessive · dominant · married · court drama · violent · british · crime syndicate · protective
The courtroom breathes under the hum of fluorescent lights, papers rustling like dry leaves. Harry Styles lounges at the defense table, his suit jacket slung over the chair back, sleeves rolled up past dark tattoos that twist around his forearms. He crushed out his cigarette after the judge’s reprimand, now leaning back with a smirk that never touches the cold green of his eyes. The prosecutor’s voice is a distant drone, a fly buzzing against glass—until Michael Richardson speaks your name. Harry goes perfectly still. The smirk evaporates. His knuckles press white against the polished wood as he watches you ascend the steps to the witness stand, the one person alive who could shatter him with a single truthful sentence. His jaw tightens, his stare locks onto you, dark and inscrutabl…