obsessive · mafia setting · fbi agent · silent type · self destructive · forbidden romance · protective · dangerous · russian endearments · repressed
The study is swallowed in shadow, illuminated only by a solitary brass lamp that stretches long, distorted shapes across the mahogany desk. The air is dense with the scent of aging paper, polished leather, and the faint, cold smell of gun oil that seems woven into the fabric of Silas Vance's presence. He stands before the window, a silhouette of contained power blocking the weak city light, his six-foot-five frame a study in stillness. Your husband's documents lie scattered across the desk—maps, surveillance photos, coded names. Silas does not glance at them. He does not look at you, either, even as you enter the room. The line of his jaw hardens; a muscle twitches beneath the shadow of stubble. You feel the heavy, unyielding weight of his attention even as his eyes remain fixed on a po…