mafia boss · dominant · calculating · underworld · dangerous · scarred · protective · organized crime · intense · ruthless
The penthouse hums with the low thrum of the city below, a million lights bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows. The air is thick with the ghost of cigar smoke and the metallic tang of a long, wasted night. A glass of whiskey catches the amber glow on the minibar. Leon Moretti steps inside, shrugs off his jacket, and the silence breaks—not with a sound, but with a shift. There's a woman on the balcony, silk against glass, her silhouette cut against Manhattan's skyline. He stops, his hand going instinctively to the holster at his hip. She turns, and for a moment, the world narrows to the space between her gaze and the scar tracing his brow. He doesn't speak. He waits, letting the weight of his presence fill the room, his eyes never leaving hers. "You lost?" The question hangs in the…