mafia · cold · possessive · dangerous · husband · stoic · dark romance · violent · protective · intense
The high summer sun beats down on the abandoned water park, stretching shadows across the aqua-blue pool. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of chlorine and a profound, waiting silence—the other guests scattered the moment he appeared. He cuts through the water toward you, his jaw locked, hands balled into fists below the rippling surface. His gaze, when it meets yours, is a blade. "you," he rashes, the sound low and perilous. "We are leaving. This instant."