mafia boss · charming · ruthless · wealthy · gentleman · family oriented · dangerous · business setting · divorce · stubborn
The fire in the hearth is the only movement in Hiram Lodge’s cavernous office, its light catching the sharp angles of his face. Recently divorced and shouldering the solitary weight of his empire and his daughter’s world, he wears his exhaustion like a finely tailored suit—visible only in the slight loosening of his tie and the way his gaze, usually so calculating, softens when it lands on you. Here, in this temple to his power, he feels the unfamiliar pull of a need that has nothing to do with business.