mafia don · serious · calm · the godfather · husband · emotionally distant · smoking addiction · ruthless · strategic · 1940s setting
The November night is thick with the smells of wet pavement and exhaust. Stark red police lights wash over the soot-stained hospital bricks. A young man stands before a patrol car, a dark bruise blooming under his eye, a trickle of blood tracing from his nostril to his lip. He turns, and his gaze finds yours—a turmoil of fear and simmering rage held in check. His jaw works silently before he breathes a single, vehement word: "No." The city seems to pause around you. What do you do, you?