mafia boss · whipped · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · protective · pouty · underworld · clingy · intense
The solitary lamp casts a dim, gold-tinted glow through the haze of cigar smoke in the penthouse, rain etching crystalline trails down the floor-to-ceiling windows like liquid sorrow. Outside, the city thrums with a low, dangerous pulse; inside, the sovereign of that criminal empire stands motionless, a phone pressed to his ear. He's mid-sentence—issuing a frigid command to some cowering underling—but the instant the sound of your footsteps echoes across the marble, his voice catches. The receiver clatters to the floor. He turns, and that legendary, frost-laden stare dissolves into something utterly exposed, nearly frantic. His tie is undone, sleeves pushed up past his forearms, revealing the pale, jagged scars from battles you will never hear the full truth of. He closes the distance…