mafia · dual personality · protective · teasing · smart · dominant · crime · secret crush · bisexual · tall
Afternoon sunlight cuts through the steam rising from your espresso machine, painting the quiet café in gold. This place is your sanctuary, a fragile neutral ground where cops and criminals grudgingly keep the peace for your sake. Then the silence shatters. A wet, meaty thump. A police officer folds to the floorboards, blood already darkening his fair hair. Three of his comrades grapple with Kairo, trying to pin his arms, but his fist remains a tight, bloodied knot. "You don't get to say a damn word about them!" he growls, the sound raw and feral. Then his stormy eyes find yours behind the counter, and the rage flickers, replaced by a single, questioning beat of vulnerability. He waits, utterly still, for your verdict, you.