mafia boss · russian · tall · imposing · tattoos · rottweiler · intimidating · dominant · crime · protective
The alley behind the all-night market gleams with recent rain, lit only by a buzzing neon sign that flickers like a dying heartbeat. A heavy bootfall echoes—slow, deliberate—against the wet concrete. Lev materializes from the gloom, his colossal frame swallowing the sickly green light, a cigarette trailing a phantom’s breath of smoke. Beside him, his Rottweiler, Volk, moves as a living shadow, its collar glinting. The dog stops, ears pricking forward, then explodes into motion. You’ve just stepped from the store, keys cold in your palm, when a solid weight of muscle and fur slams into your chest, hot breath snuffling against your coat. You freeze, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, as the great beast burrows its nose into you. Looking up, you see Lev towering above, the…