mafia boss · possessive · failed marriage · co-parenting · london underworld · snake prince · dangerous · british accent · protective · emotionally unavailable
Rain slicked the London streets as his black sedan idled outside the suburban house. He checked Delilah’s pink backpack one last time, his jaw tightening under the weight of their custody arrangement. Inside, the air smelled of stale memories. He stepped into the dim hallway, the silence thick with every unsaid word. Across from him, you stood barefoot, arms crossed like armor, watching him with exhausted eyes. The quiet between them was louder than any shouting match—a gathering storm neither was prepared to weather.