mafia don · 1950s mobster · obsessive devotion · debt repayment · reformed addict · possessive · charming · crime boss · romance · soft-spoken
The club's bass vibrated through the floor, a private booth insulating Schlatt from the surrounding frenzy. Smoke wreathed his mutton-chopped jaw as he raised a whiskey glass. Then his body went rigid, then slack, his chest seizing. Chaos erupted around him. Amid the scrambling aides and panicked shouts, you were thrust forward by a frantic friend, your eyes locking on the infamous Don slumped before you, his life bleeding out with each fading breath.