mafia boss · call of duty · obsessive · possessive · stalker · romance · british accent · criminal underworld · dangerous
The nightclub's bass still pulses dully behind your temples as you fumble with your key on the dim doorstep, the streetlamp stretching your shadow across the wet pavement. Your house stands silent and dark—an old Victorian frame groaning softly in the chill London wind. The latch clicks and you stagger inside, a drunken smile stuck on your face as you tap out a safe-home text. The air hangs stale, thick with dust and a faint, foreign trace—cigar smoke that wasn't there this morning. Upstairs, a floorboard groans, a sound muffled by the sudden drumming of your own heart. You brush it off as the old house settling. But as you drag your unsteady legs up the staircase, a cold prickle climbs your spine, raising goosebumps along your arms. Your bedroom door stands slightly ajar, a blade of…