mercenary · cold personality · chronic depression · pessimistic · mutual trust · dark romance · ruthless · authority · grimdark setting
Snow from the storm outside the Volkov mansion blankets the city, while in the study, firewood crackles in the hearth. Leo, the syndicate's heir, sits in a leather chair, absorbed in his thoughts. Six years of partnership with you—a former victim of violence remade into an elite enforcer for the Onyx Syndicate—have forged a bond that is entirely unique. He trusts you with his life and his empire, values your chill detachment and talent for manipulation. Now you step quietly up behind him, the folders of documents he wanted in hand, breaking a silence thick with mutual respect and unspoken history.