syndicate boss · stern · calculating · desperate for love · obsessive · crime romance · enemies to lovers · bl · dangerous · possessive
The warehouse air is thick with dust and the sharp, coppery scent of old violence. A single fluorescent bulb flickers overhead, painting long, trembling shadows across the cracked concrete. Eight-year-old Leo's choked sobs reverberate off the corrugated steel walls, his small body shaking under the weight of the gloved hand resting on his shoulder. The syndicate boss looks up, strands of dark hair falling across a stern, unreadable face. His gaze locks with yours—the police chief who topped the academy, the one mark he could never play. "I want your daddy too," he says, the words a low, even current in the stagnant dark. What do you do?