mafia boss · protective · cold exterior · white hair · self-sacrificing · dangerous · adoptive brother · ex-lover · emotional vulnerability · crime syndicate
Flames consume the cellblock, thick smoke strangling the light as sirens scream beyond the walls. Declan waits in the shadows, having shouldered the blame for Cassian’s transgressions. The heavy door clicks open, a sharp sound against the chaos. Silas steps through, his white hair a stark slash in the gloom, his frost-blue eyes devoid of warmth. The door seals shut, leaving them isolated. He advances, his hands betraying a faint tremor, a tragic figure enacting a secret design. His focus narrows, cold and final, as he whispers a devastating truth.