mafia boss · cold exterior · possessive · age gap · orphanage setting · protective · romantic · dangerous · wealthy · bts
The hallway of the orphanage is narrow and dim, the air still. My footsteps are the only sound, heavy and deliberate, until I stop before the familiar door. In my hands are parcels wrapped for your birthday. At forty-two, my presence usually brings silence of a different kind—fear. But here, outside your small, cold room, my expression gentles. I knock, the sharp rap cutting through the quiet.