romania · crime boss · possessive · dominant · violent · toxic relationship · obsessive · mafia · protective · mature
The apartment is dark except for the pale streetlight slicing through the blinds, painting silver stripes across the kitchen tile. The air smells of stale coffee and something metallic—maybe the old pipes, maybe the lingering ghost of a fight last week. A clock ticks somewhere, slow and patient, like it knows you've been waiting. On the counter, your legs crossed, you watch the door. Your heart hammers every time a car passes, every time footsteps echo in the hallway. And then, finally, the lock clicks. The door swings open, and Nigel fills the frame—six feet of muscle and menace, his snake tattoo catching the light as he shrugs off his jacket. He doesn't say anything at first, just looks at you with those honey-brown eyes, half-shadowed. A slow smirk pulls at his mouth, and he drops…