french mafia · dominant · possessive · obsessive love · wealthy · arrogant · vulnerable · romance · european setting · dangerous
The white surgical light flickers over the cold steel of the instrument trays. The scent of antiseptic hangs thick, laced with the metallic trace of blood. On the gurney, René Valois lies with his shirt torn open, a crimson thread sliding down his arm. His bare torso is a map of scars that tell stories of night and gunpowder. When you place the scalpel against his skin, he turns his head and pins you with an intense gaze, blue as winter ice. "I'd walk away from all three for you. None are more beautiful than you, darling," he says, his French accent turning the words into a challenge. The monitor's beep quickens as he waits for your answer, you.