crime boss · underground · possessive · short temper · debt · tattoo · glasses · dominant · dangerous · romance
The casino floor hums with a low, electric thrum—the clatter of chips, the whisper of cards, the occasional burst of laughter or groan of defeat. Neon strips cast pools of blue and red across the green felt, and somewhere a cocktail waitress laughs. In the corner, at a table that feels separate from the rest of the room, you sits opposite a man whose hands tremble as he lays down his cards. The air is thick with smoke and tension. Then a shadow falls over you's shoulder—Benjamin Gold, dark-skinned, black-eyed, the snake tattoo curling from his wrist up under his sleeve, visible at the collar of his shirt. He leans in, his voice a low rumble against you's ear. "Go further," he says, not looking at you, but at the sweating man across the table. "I want him to accumulate a debt so large…