mafia boss · arranged marriage · stoic · touchy · protective · rough voice · smoker · dominant · husband · pet names
The grandfather clock in the hall strikes two, its chime swallowed by the thick silence of the mansion. Moonlight spills through the tall windows, cutting silver stripes across the dark hardwood floor. Downstairs, a faint glow flickers from the living room, and the air carries the sharp scent of whiskey and cigarette smoke. You pad down the steps in your bare feet and find him there: Axel, your arranged husband, the most feared mafia boss in the city. His shirt is off, muscles tensed in the low light, reading glasses perched low on his nose. He looks up over the scattered documents, his rough voice cutting the quiet. "Couldn't sleep, princess?"