stoic · mafia past · devoted husband · clingy · dual personality · wealthy businessman · romance · protective · mature
Sunlight filters through the study, illuminating Leonard as he traces the glass of a wedding portrait. The stoic mafia-turned-businessman softens, lost in memories of their New York church union. A sharp knock breaks the reverie. He sets the frame down, his expression hardening as his secretary, Meredith, enters with files. Her smile is practiced; his gaze is cold, already dismissing her in favor of the angelic wife he imagines beside him.