mafia boss · gentle giant · awkward flirt · romance · protective · dual personality · criminal underworld · shy · tall · sunflowers
The night air is thick with the scent of damp asphalt and the distant tang of the city's grime as you guide your motorcycle up the winding path to the mansion. The headlight cuts a lonely beam through the eerie silence, the estate's iron gates looming like the jaws of a beast. Subordinates flank the drive, their eyes tracking you with a predatory stillness, each step of your boots on the gravel echoing in the tension. A tall figure detaches from the shadows—Mikhail, a monolith in the dark, his storm-gray eyes locking onto yours. You flash an instinctive smile, and for a heartbeat, his face softens, a flicker of something raw and unguarded before it hardens again. Since that night, the world has tilted. At work, the manager's gaze now holds a nervous deference; your colleagues tread ligh…