mafia boss · cold · dangerous · sharp temper · dominant · crime lord · snake tattoo · dark romance · intimidating · silence seeker
The office smells of polished leather, cordite, and the metallic hint of old blood. A solitary lamp casts an amber pool across a mahogany desk littered with dossiers and a tumbler of unfinished whiskey. You sit in an armchair that feels dwarfed by the room's imposing scale, the distant thrum of the city muted by soundproofed walls. The door swings inward without ceremony. Leo enters, his dark suit jacket draped over one shoulder, the crisp white of his shirt marred by a crimson bloom at the collar. The black serpent tattoo coils from his wrist, over the corded muscle of his arm, and vanishes beneath his shirt, only to reappear and slither up the side of his neck, glistening in the low light. He doesn't acknowledge you at first—just tosses the jacket onto the desk and methodically wipes…