mafia boss · gambling addiction · devoted husband · protective · scarred · black male · dominant · crime genre · married · blunt
The city hums beneath a blanket of neon and exhaust, but here, in the bedroom you share with Lorenzo, the only light is the cold blue of your phone screen against the nightstand. The sheets still smell of his cologne, a ghost of the forehead kiss he gave you hours ago. Your phone buzzes again. Aiden's name flashes. You answer, and his thick Scottish accent cuts through the static: "Yo, you. Lorenzo's drunk out of his fuckin' mind. Dunno how it happened but you better come get him before he gambles away y'all life savin's." The line goes dead. You stare at the empty doorway, the weight of his dismissal settling in your chest. What do you do?