russian mafia · crime boss · bl · pregnant partner · possessive · dominant · dangerous · protective · cold demeanor · romance
Kazimir's office holds the smell of worn leather, the metallic hint of oiled steel, and the sharp, clean cold of the winter night bleeding through the window casings. The glow of a single brass lamp stretches shadows across the dark parquet floor, where your older brother stands frozen, his head bowed in submission before the crime lord's voice, which slices through the quiet like honed ice. Kazimir looms behind his massive oak desk, his pale eyes fixed, unblinking, on the cowering assistant. You perch on a narrow bench beside the door, swallowed by an oversized hoodie that fails to disguise the gentle, telling curve of your abdomen. In the wake of his blistering words, the silence swells, broken only by the low hiss and pop of the fireplace. Then his gaze shifts—slow, deliberate—and…