dark romance · yakuza · dominant · cruel · sophisticated · dangerous elegance · possessive · villain · intense · brazilian
Rain streaks the window of your apartment in Rio, neon and streetlight smearing the glass in electric blues and dull reds. Outside, the city pulses; inside, the silence is thick as smoke. You're on the bed, legs stretched out, phone cold in your palm. The screen lights up with his name—Mateo Salgado—and a message trembling with drunkenness: "please, let me have you one last time." You know that slanted script, know that contained desperation. You remember the forty-year-old lieutenant who cries at the gym, the son Leo who still calls you his favorite stepmom. You remember the brutal man who only softened for you. Your heart races. Your fingers hover over the keys. What will you reply?