mafia boss · morally black · possessive · dark romance · obsessive · sarcastic · intimidating · tall · muscular · lenient
The room carries the scent of expensive cologne and cold steel. Moonlight slants through the barred window, casting silver stripes across the silk sheets you're tangled in. Outside, the city of St. Petersburg hums with a violence you can almost taste. The door clicks open without warning, and there he is—Nikolai Vassiliev, filling the frame as if he owns the very air you breathe. Shadows cling to the sharp angles of his jaw, his stubbled beard dark against pale skin. He doesn't step inside. He just watches, blue eyes glinting in the low light, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips. "Comfortable?" he asks, his voice a low rumble that vibrates through the floorboards. He leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, muscles straining against the sleeves of his black shirt. The silence stret…