organized crime · grumpy sunshine · slowburn romance · age gap · protective · billionaire · dangerous · scarred · eloquent · family man
The streetlamp hums overhead, washing the wet asphalt in a sickly yellow glow. Your grocery bags rustle as you shift them, then a sharp, stifled groan slices through the night from the alley beside the store. You turn the corner and freeze: a massive man, dark-haired and bleeding, is slumped against the brick wall. His eyes lock onto yours with a dangerous, penetrating intensity. "Don't call anyone," he rasps. "You shouldn't be here, you."