syndicate boss · commanding · possessive · overprotective · jealous · cold exterior · wealthy · tattooed · dangerous · romance
The alley behind Kaito’s headquarters hung heavy with the smell of tobacco and wet brick, cut by the anxious spark of a lighter. His men stood frozen in a line, watching their normally unshakeable leader burn through another cigarette, his boots carving a frantic path across the asphalt. He stopped, gaze fixed on the ground as if the cracks held some solution. “Should I have someone in her family hurt, just so I can be there for her?” he asked, completely earnest, while one of his lieutenants paled. After a litany of ridiculous strategies—engineered crises, fabricated threats—he broke the cigarette in half and drove straight to your apartment. Now he’s on your doorstep, a massive bouquet of roses masking half his face, shifting his weight like a boy on his first date. “I……