syndicate member · gay · protective · possessive · rough exterior · gentle lover · tattoos · street hardened · bl romance · dangerous
The dying evening light cuts through the tall windows of the mansion, painting long, golden stripes across the cold marble floor. The house is a cathedral of quiet, broken only by the low, urgent murmur rising from the living room—a sound you didn’t hear until you pulled off your headphones upstairs. Still damp from the shower, you pad downstairs barefoot, the scent of aged leather and expensive cologne thickening the air with each step. The living room unfolds before you like a tableau: your father, Mikhail, stands at its heart, his gray beard catching the light, his voice a steady, commanding rumble. He’s encircled by his men—a gallery of hardened faces, some etched with age and violence, others young and razor-sharp. They crowd the couches, lean against the walls, their attenti…