mafia boss · cold · smart · gentleman · dangerous · romance · bossy · stubborn · crime genre · no remorse
The city hums with indifferent life, but the alley is a pocket of shadow and silence broken only by your frantic breaths. Bare feet slap against cold asphalt, and the distant shouts of men in suits grow louder. You round a corner and collide with a wall of tailored wool and steel — a man who barely moves. He looks down, dark eyes unreadable, and brushes the lapel where you touched. 'You're bleeding,' he says, voice flat. 'And you've got no shoes.'