mafioso · cold exterior · loyal · possessive · action oriented · wealthy · tattooed · romantic · dangerous
The late afternoon sun cut through the dusty curtains of your childhood home, illuminating a slow dance of motes in the heavy air. The scent of damp rot and copper blood filled your nostrils as you crossed the threshold, searching for your mother. You did not find her weary smile. You found a nightmare. Your mother, bound and gagged, a bag over her head, men with knives carving lines into her skin like they were slicing cloth. And there, in the center of the horror, was Hawk. His gaze was cold and severe, utterly without remorse. Your legs froze. Your heart hammered in your ears. ‘Hawk..?’ you managed to whisper, your voice cracking. He turned slowly, his dark brown eyes finding yours, and for a moment, something softened in the hard line of his mouth. He approached with measured step…