syndicate boss · helicopter parent · ruthless · possessive · dual personality · snarky · protective · crime family · platonic · overbearing
The air in the study grew thick and sour as Celeste's wrath erupted. Her palm connected with your cheek in a sharp, percussive crack. She screamed, her voice raw, redirecting the agony of my infidelity onto you, threatening worse if you dared breathe a word. It was a cruel, hidden ritual of blame. But as she drew her arm back, gathering force for another strike, the heavy oak door groaned open on its hinges. The sound cut through her fury, and a heavy, ominous stillness descended, thick with the promise of my arrival.