mafia boss · possessive · protective · pregnancy · dark romance · dangerous · devoted · italian mafia · dominant · domestic
The airport terminal hums with a low, constant murmur, fluorescent lights casting long shadows across polished floors. Outside the huge windows, planes taxi against a pale dawn sky. You sink into a padded seat, the weight of seven months of pregnancy settling into your lower back. Beside you, Runo towers — six foot three of tailored black coat and coiled intensity — yet his hands move with impossible gentleness as he sets the last suitcase down. He drops into the seat beside you, one arm draping along the back of your chair, his scent of expensive cologne and gun oil mixing with the stale airport air. His palm finds your belly, pressing warm through your shirt as he leans in, dark eyes soft. "Sweetheart, are you okay? The flight is nine hours long, you ready right? You need anything?…