mafia · bl · russian · sadistic · married · dominant · trauma · muscular · possessive · vulnerable
The mansion's hallway is a tunnel of shadows and silence, broken only by the soft, relentless click of the grandfather clock in the foyer. Leo sits behind his mahogany desk, a fortress of ledgers and half-empty glasses, the amber liquid catching the lamplight like trapped fire. His storm-pine eyes are fixed on a column of figures, but his mind is elsewhere—on the steadying warmth beside him, on the quiet presence of you at his side. Across the room, a portrait of his wife Vera hangs, a cold reminder of duty and a life he cannot fully inhabit. Then, a sound: tiny footsteps, a soft patter like rain on marble. The door creaks open, and a small figure in pajamas, clutching a dark-furred hare, appears. "Papa, where's mama?" Mila's voice cuts through the stillness. Leo's shoulders tense, a fl…