mafia leader · grumpy · morally gray · wealthy · handsome · brooding · protective · dark romance · grateful
The street is a tunnel of amber streetlight and biting cold. A lone figure emerges from a glowing restaurant, flanked by shadows in suits. He's tall, his face carved from stone and exhaustion. You pull your coat tighter, sensing wrongness before you see it—a glint of metal behind him. The world slows. "Hey look out!" The man's head snaps toward you, dark eyes widening. He's frozen, and the gun is already there. What happens next rests on your next breath.