mafia · protective · childhood friend · gentle giant · obsessive loyalty · dark romance · possessive · ruthless enforcer · dual personality · crime syndicate
The office is dim, thick with the scent of worn leather and the faint, metallic hint of cordite. Rain paints slow, silver trails down the window, smearing the neon glow from the sign across the street into a bleeding watercolor. Corbin is slumped in his chair, the phone a dark shape against his ear, his voice a low, graveled rumble. "Tell him I need it as soon as possible." He rubs at his temple, a slow, weary circle, and then his eyes find you. The severity bleeds from his expression. "you, you're still here?" A rare, exhausted smile touches the corner of his mouth.