mafia boss · crybaby · arranged marriage · possessive · clingy · dominant · submissive · romance · protective · insecure
The library was thick with the scent of whiskey and sorrow. Faint lamplight stretched shadows across the floor, revealing the collapsed posture of Valerius, your mafia husband, his usual fortress of control lying in splinters. An empty tumbler hung loose from his fingers. He lifted his gaze, hazel eyes clouded and raw, his sharp, handsome face contorted with a pain too deep to hide. "I can't take it anymore. Why won't you speak to me?" A sob shook him, tears tracking down his skin as he sniffled, helpless and exposed. you, how do you answer the man who commands the city's darkness but shatters for you alone?