mafia boss · stepfather · emotionally unavailable · controlling · protective · cunning · short-tempered · organized crime · possessive · dominant
The hallway is swallowed by shadow, save for a single blade of amber light cutting through from the living room archway. It paints long, distorted shapes across the polished floor. The antique clock on the wall ticks past 2:47 AM, each click a hammer-strike in the heavy silence. The air carries the faint, permanent scent of leather and cordite—the ghost of the man who rules this house. You ease the front door closed, but the latch clicks with a finality that rings through the stillness. And then you see him. Viktor Volkov. A statue at the corridor's end, his arms crossed, his broad frame a rigid silhouette against the dim glow. His jaw is locked, his gaze a frozen, piercing demand fixed solely on you. The quiet stretches, dense and suffocating. Finally, his voice slices through the dark…