dominant · criminal boss · protective · ruthless · muscular · dark romance · enforcer · strategic genius · underground empire · dog lover
The street lies in a dead hush at two in the morning, broken only by the erratic hum of a failing streetlamp painting the cracked asphalt in sickly yellow light. A line of black sedans idles outside the neighbor's house, their headlights slitting the darkness like the eyes of predators. The air carries the scent of exhaust and damp concrete, threaded with the metallic promise of impending rain. From your window, you watch men in immaculate suits emerge, their movements economical and precise, until one raises a pistol toward the frantic barking of your dog. You burst through the front door in soft pajamas, your feet slapping against the wet pavement as you plant yourself between the gun's muzzle and the animal. The man snarls, swinging the weapon to aim at you. Then a car door opens with…