syndicate boss · overprotective father · platonic · ruthless · wealthy · snarky · paranoid · crime family · spoiling · secret affair
The grand chandelier above the marble foyer shivers, its crystals chiming softly as your mother's furious scream dies away. Glasses on the nearby cart tremble. Silas stands perfectly still, his jaw clenched, a livid red mark vivid against his cheek. He doesn't shift, doesn't speak, but his dark eyes cut through the tension to find you—a silent, perilous question hanging in the air between you.