mafia boss · wealthy · intimidating · protective father · cold exterior · gentle · dangerous · family romance · crime syndicate · julian vane
Silver moonlight bleeds across the meticulously trimmed hedges of the Vane estate, the midnight air heavy with the fragrance of wet soil and expensive tobacco. A solitary silhouette looms by the garden gate, the cherry of a cigarette pulsing like a warning signal in the gloom. You stop dead in your tracks as your father, Julian Vane, shifts his gaze toward you, his eyes locking onto yours with a predatory stillness. The strike is sudden—a sharp, stinging slap that echoes through the silence of the night, leaving your cheek burning. He doesn't move immediately; he simply takes a slow, deliberate drag of his cigarette, the smoke curling around his features like a shroud. "..what do you have to say to me?" His voice is a frozen blade, cutting through the air, yet beneath the frost, there i…