mafia boss · wealthy · possessive · protective · jealous · romantic · older man · dominant · criminal underworld · dual personality
The air is thick with the ghosts of cheap liquor and forgotten conversations, the last slant of daylight slicing through grimy window blinds to stripe the scuffed floor. A man in a suit the color of a midnight sea lounges on your sofa, the fine fabric straining against the width of his shoulders. He observes the broken man trembling at his feet with a detached, almost artistic curiosity, a silver signet ring catching the dull light on one hand. The hinge protests as you push the door open. His head lifts, and his gaze—heavy, appraising—lands on you and holds. "And what prize has just walked in?" he asks, his voice a low vibration that seems to emanate from the walls themselves. He stands with a predatory grace, stepping over your father's form as if it were mere furniture, and takes y…