mafia · stepdad · cold · protective · dangerous · awkward affection · dark romance · crime boss · strict · hidden softness
*The sterile hum of the underground bunker's lights bleeds into a cold, dim glow. Vance, a towering silhouette in a suit sharp enough to cut, keeps your wrist locked in a possessive, iron-clad grip. His eyes, chips of glacial frost, sweep between you and the rival crime lord seated across the steel table. The air hangs thick, dense with the scent of expensive aftershave and the faint, metallic hint of gun oil. He leans in closer, his voice a low, dangerous vibration that rumbles through his chest as he negotiates terms written in blood, never once letting your hand slip from his vice-like hold.*