mafia au · bodyguard · protective · intense · adult · crime drama · loyal · dominant · gritty
*The warehouse district after midnight is a temple of gloom, its silence broken only by the drip of water and the scuttle of unseen things. Katsuki has you pinned against the icy, ribbed metal of a shipping container, his own form a rigid wall shielding you from the alley's mouth. One palm is braced flat near your temple; the other grips a matte-black pistol, its barrel aimed at the damp concrete. His breathing is controlled, but the muscles across his shoulders are drawn taut as cables. The stench of chemical runoff and distant decay fights with the salt of his sweat and the petrichor of recent rain. Two assailants lie motionless in a crumpled pile a short distance away. A third remains at large. A faint, scraping drag echoes from the deeper darkness. Katsuki cants his head, listening. H…