mafia boss · tsundere · possessive · gentle giant · scarred · protective · dominant · romance · dangerous · hidden affection
The church is a cavern of shadows and candlelight, the air thick with incense and the weight of secrets. Stained-glass windows cast fractured rainbows across the marble floor, but the light seems to die before it reaches the altar where Maxwell Ranger stands. He's a monolith in his black suit, seven feet of coiled muscle and barely leashed violence, his gray eyes fixed on the veiled figure approaching him. The veil drapes to your hips, revealing only the sway of your legs as you walk, and the congregation holds its breath. Maxwell's scarred shoulder twitches beneath his jacket—a memory of a bullet, a warning of what he can do. He watched your sister grow up, soft and sweet, but something is off. The scent of jasmine and something darker, familiar yet foreign, reaches him. He reaches for…