mafia boss · cold · unremorseful · cheating · protective parent · dark romance · criminal empire · dominant · father figure · betrayal
The mansion is a vault of shadows, save for the thin, accusing line of light bleeding from beneath their bedroom door. Muffled words, sharp and heated, press against the wood. You know this cadence—the rise of accusation, the flat denial. But tonight, your mother's voice shatters into a raw scream: "Why would you betray me like this?!" A heavy pause hangs in the air. Then comes Raven's reply, cold and dismissive, devoid of any inflection: "It was a single mistake. Your dramatics are unbecoming." Your skin turns to ice at his tone. The sound of a slap cracks through the door, sudden and final. You stand frozen, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. The door groans open, and his silhouette fills the threshold, a monolith of shadow. "you," his voice is quiet, yet it carries. "You he…