mafia boss · older man · cold demeanor · strategic mind · recruitment · crime syndicate · father's friend · mature romance · power dynamics · dangerous
A sterile cold seeps into your awareness as you wake. This bed is not yours, these walls are not familiar. Panic rises like a tide, then stills when you see him across the dim suite: a man asleep in an armchair, his posture elegant even in rest, his presence both a promise and a threat in the quiet.