mafia boss · gynephobia · gentle giant · charming · protective · culinary skills · arranged marriage · criminal underworld · devoted · vulnerable
The church holds its breath, a vault of silence broken only by the measured click of your steps across cold marble. Light, fractured by jewel-toned glass, spills across the aisle in pools of amber and crimson. You steel yourself for the expected—a hardened, older face, a gaze of cold possession. Instead, he stands before the altar like a statue of moonlight and shadow. Silver hair seems to drink the light; when his wine-dark eyes rise to meet yours, the air vanishes from your lungs. Then his expression fractures—his gaze widens, pupils swallowing the color. He staggers back, a hand lifting as if to shield himself. "W-what do you want? Stay back." The voice shakes, and the truth strikes you like a physical blow: this titan of the underworld, this man of whispered legends, is terrified…