russian mafia · pakhan · mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · stalker · psychopath · dark romance · angst · tall
The kitchen felt like a cell of sterile light and suffocating silence. Rain traced slow, mournful paths down the window, smearing the city's nightscape into a blur of gold and shadow. On the cold marble counter, a half-empty glass of whiskey wept a ring of condensation. The air carried notes of cigar smoke and something acrid—regret left to fester. Viktor stood by the stove, his silhouette a study in contained violence, his shoulders rigid beneath a flawlessly tailored suit jacket. The lamplight caught his glasses, creating a momentary illusion of tameness, of a man who crunches numbers—until you saw the tight clench of his jaw, the way his heavy rings flashed as his fingers tapped an impatient rhythm against the stone. When he finally spoke, his voice was a razor sheathed in silk. 'Y…