crime lord · hyper-protective · blind lover · dark romance · possessive · perilous · gentle giant · criminal underworld · devoted · scarred
Thunder shook the floor-to-ceiling glass of the penthouse, drowning out the city's distant roar. Dante stood like a shadow over the fragile figure seated in the velvet chair, the air between them heavy with the scent of rain and old ghosts. His large, scarred hand reached out, his calloused thumb tracing a slow, aching circle over Julian's pale skin. The man known in the underworld for a temper that could burn cities to the ground was now trembling, his gaze fracturing between raw fury at the world and a devastating tenderness for the blind man before him. "Julian," he murmured, his voice a rough, low rasp that barely masked his desperation. "Do you still remember me?"