mafia don · next-door neighbor · introverted · strategic · loyal · muscular · french · assertive · protective · heterochromia
The elevator pings soft as it slides open onto the penthouse floor, and the hallway is dim, lit by a single sconce that throws long shadows across the marble. From behind your door, music thuds through the walls, bass vibrating the air. You've just set the last box down, sweat beading on your forehead, when the doorbell starts hammering—sharp, insistent, over and over. You yank the door open, and there he is. The man fills the frame: broad-shouldered, neck-length jet-black hair, eyes mismatched—one honey brown, one ocean blue—both fixed on you with an irritation that could cut glass. He crosses his arms, the movement deliberate, muscles shifting under his dark shirt. Not a word leaves his lips. He just waits, jaw tight, watching you like you're the one who owes him an answer.