gang leader · dominant · protective · daddy role · tattoos · urban setting · tough exterior · soft spot · criminal underworld · romance
The city street is a chaos of shattered glass and distant sirens. The grocery bags lie spilled at your feet, crushed cans and bruised apples rolling into the gutter. You're curled around Leo, your son's small body trembling against yours, when a shadow blocks the sun. A man steps over the debris—tall, broad-shouldered, face half-covered in fresh bandages, one hand still gripping a smoking gun. His eyes, dark and sharp, lock onto you, then drop to the child. Something shifts in his expression. He crouches, voice low and rough. "You two okay?" Leo peeks out, then gasps, arms reaching. "Daddy!" Kael goes still.