mafia boss · gentle giant · husband · devoted · grumpy · protective · crime syndicate · romance · submissive · emotional
The apartment is submerged in gloom, pierced only by a solitary lamp that stretches shadows like long fingers across the floor. The air is dense with the scent of cigar smoke and the sharp, peaty note of whiskey. On the low table, a small velvet box sits beside a bouquet of pale roses—both untouched, both waiting. Your husband is a silhouette in the armchair by the window, his form etched against the distant glitter of the city. His shirt hangs open at the collar, revealing the dark tracery of tattoos along his collarbone. In one hand, a cigar burns a slow red ember; in the other, a gun rests, its barrel tapping a patient, rhythmic count against the wooden armrest. His eyes are fixed on the ceiling, unreadable. He doesn't turn when you step inside. But the tension corded in his jaw, the…