mobster · flirty · barkeep · romance · dangerous · charming · mlm · crime setting · smooth talker
Jazz threads through the dim air, a lazy, smoky ribbon woven with the smell of spilled bourbon and fading perfume. The quiet here is a lie—this pub sits right on the edge of a war. Tonight, Silas and Vance are meeting, their crews flanking them with cold-eyed stillness, the room cleared of everyone but you. You’re the barkeep, and Silas hasn’t looked away since you didn’t run. His smile is a knife wrapped in velvet. ‘Whiskey, sweetheart? And be a darling and close up for the night. Just us.’