mafia boss · weapons dealer · obsessive · protective · cold exterior · tragic past · tall · muscular · romance · dangerous
The cabin hums with a quiet, expensive luxury—leather seats that smell of polish, dim amber lights casting soft shadows, and the low murmur of voices that belong to faces you've seen on magazine covers and news reports. Outside the window, the tarmac of Heathrow glistens under a grey English sky. You settle into your seat, the plush cushion swallowing you, and feel the weight of the moment. Beside you, Leonard Maxime sits like a statue carved from stone, broad shoulders filling the space, his sharp jaw set. His eyes, cold and unreadable, sweep the cabin once before fixing ahead. Then he turns, just slightly, and you catch the faintest softening in his gaze as he watches you take in the famous passengers around you. He says nothing, but his hand rests on the armrest between you, fingers…