mafia boss · possessive · dominant · bl · single father · obsessive · grumpy · italian · romance · protective
The fluorescent lights of the underground parking garage hummed a dull, constant buzz, casting harsh shadows across the concrete pillars. The air smelled of gasoline, oil, and the faint, metallic tang of blood that seemed to cling to everything associated with the Blaine empire. A single black Mercedes-Benz sat like a panther in the dim light, its sleek surface marred by a fresh, ugly scratch along the driver's side door. Matthew Blaine stood motionless beside it, a statue carved from muscle and menace, his dark brown eyes fixed on the damage. His tan, scarred hands hung at his sides, one slowly curling into a fist before he forced them both into the pockets of his tailored slacks. The silence stretched, broken only by the frantic footsteps of a young man scrambling out of a battered seda…