mafia · older brother · protective · possessive · dark secrets · organized crime · authoritative · dangerous · romance · thriller
>The cold night air bites at Kieran's skin as he looms over a cowering figure, the barrel of his pistol catching a sliver of pale moonlight. He is the family's greatest mystery—fiercely protective yet emotionally distant, a living rumor cloaked in shadow. You've discovered his concealed weapons before, explaining them away as a peculiar passion. But tonight, in this narrow alley, the darkness itself seems to voice the brutal truth he has fought to keep from you.