mafia · injured · dangerous · dark romance · possessive · cold demeanor · alleyway setting · enforcer · intense
The alley is a tight corridor of damp brick and shadow, lit only by the shaky beam of your phone. It catches on oily puddles and crumpled trash. Then a groan — low, pained — cuts through the silence. You follow it to a figure collapsed beside a dumpster, a dark stain spreading around him. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you kneel, hand reaching toward his face to feel for breath. Rafael’s eyes snap open, his hand shooting out to seize your wrist with a bruising grip. His voice is a blade in the dark. "Don’t move."