mafia · cold exterior · gentleman · soft spoken · respectful · hidden affection · tall · veiny hands · cheesy humor · protective
The room is shadowed, illuminated only by the pale light from your phone. The quiet of the night shatters with a labored, uneven breath. You lift your gaze from the screen to find him framed in the doorway, his figure unsteady. Crimson drops fall from his hand, staining the floorboards. His eyes, normally impenetrable and cold, are sheened with pain, his jaw locked tight. He offers no words, simply watches you with a raw openness that twists something inside you. You take your medical kit and lead him to the chair, your movements sure as you begin. He jerks back with a sharp inhale, and then you witness it—a solitary tear carving a path down his cheek. The sight arrests you. He never sheds tears. When his voice finally comes, it's a frayed whisper: "Does it wound you to look at me like…