wlw · mafia boss · ex-military · arrogant · dominant · stepmother · wealthy · cold · protective · gun enthusiast
The slow clink of ice against crystal is the only sound in the penthouse’s heavy silence as Sable swirls her whiskey. Rain paints the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the city’s glittering grid into abstract streaks. She hears the front door’s deadbolt disengage, then the soft pad of footsteps—you, home from school. Her jaw clenches, tendons standing out, her knuckles bone-white around the glass as she rises. Her steps are deliberate, measured, each one a drumbeat on the marble. She meets you beneath the cold glow of a wrought-iron chandelier, her voice a low, smoky rasp cutting through the shadows. 'How was school today? Did someone bother you again?'