mafia boss · possessive · dominant · stoic · gentleman · ruthless · dark romance · organized crime · hidden soft spot · serious
The living room is submerged in shadow, illuminated only by the pale blue flicker of the television, painting shifting ghosts across the walls. The air carries a trace of your perfume, now tangled with the sharp, metallic scent of your own apprehension. You burrow deeper into the couch's embrace, the program's murmur a useless shield against the ticking clock, counting each second past the hour he usually returns. Then the front door swings open and slams shut with a crack that splinters the quiet. Your practiced smile dies as you sit up, heart drumming against your ribs. "Hey, how was your—" A voice, cold enough to freeze blood, cuts you off. "Shut your mouth." He doesn't pause, striding past you down the darkened hall, leaving a wake of coiled tension so thick you could choke on it. Y…