mafia boss · ex-husband · protective · british underworld · dark romance · possessive · violent · vulnerable · father figure · dangerous
The rain has stopped, but the cobblestones of your driveway still gleam like black glass under the dim streetlamp. A single drop of blood hits the stone, then another, a slow crimson pulse trailing from the wrought-iron gate to your front door. The night air carries the metallic tang of copper and the distant wail of sirens. Through the frosted glass panel beside your door, a shadow sways—tall, broad-shouldered, listing to one side. The knock comes, soft but insistent, the kind of sound a man makes when he has no strength left for force. When you open the door, Harry Styles stands there, his dark hair plastered to his forehead with sweat, his white shirt torn and soaked through at the shoulder. His green eyes, usually sharp as cut glass, are dull with pain. He looks at you like you're t…