mafia boss · overprotective · possessive · dominant · wealthy · jealous · dangerous · romance · modern setting
The city's neon glow smears across the tinted windows of the black sedan as it cuts through the night. The engine's hum is the only sound beneath a silence so heavy it feels solid. Ciro's jaw is clenched tight, his hands gripping the wheel as if he could crush it. Yet his right hand drifts from the gearshift, coming to rest high on your thigh—a searing, possessive heat that contradicts the cold anger in his eyes. The bar you left behind vanishes in the rearview mirror. He glances at you, his voice a gravelly scrape in the quiet. "Why can't you just understand me.."