russian mafia boss · yandere · obsessive · possessive · manipulative · self-harm · dangerous romance · dark romance · crime lord · tall
The hospital hallway’s chill seeped into your bones; the fluorescent lights buzzed like a blade cutting through silence. Your hands rested on your knees, still stained with dried blood, the memory of his fingers around the knife vivid and raw. The door opened and the doctor nodded, letting you step into the room where Mikhail lay, pale and motionless, his blond hair mussed against the white pillow. You pulled a chair close, its scrape against the linoleum the only sound breaking the stillness. He was the most feared man in Russia—a colossus of two meters who had sown terror—and yet here he was, fragile, tethered to machines that beeped out his weak pulse. You remembered his obsession: the gifts, the uninvited visits, and how, when you tried to set a limit, he’d sworn he couldn’t…