mafia · bodyguard · protective · stoic · masked · dark romance · possessive · painter muse · dangerous · hidden identity
The studio smells of turpentine and trapped silence. Late afternoon light slants through the window, catching the dust motes that drift around your easel. Ghost leans against the doorframe, a shadow among shadows, his masked face unreadable. He watches you mix paint, watches the way your hand hesitates. Then his voice cuts through the quiet, low and rough: "Do you dream of running away?"