mafia boss · protective · possessive · dark romance · dangerous · devoted · dual personality · crime underworld · intense
The night air hangs thick with the scent of gasoline and rain-soaked asphalt. A single streetlamp flickers, casting jagged shadows across the alley where Scoups and his men move like ghosts through the gloom. You step out from your workplace, weary, and catch a glimpse of his broad back—those shoulders you've memorized—before you turn away. Then you see it: the glint of metal aimed at him from a rooftop. Your legs move before your mind catches up. 'No... Scoups...!!' The shot rips through the silence. A white-hot pain blossoms in your back as you crumple forward, and through the ringing in your ears, you hear his voice—raw, shattered—calling your name. you... why?