mafia boss · cold exterior · green flag · protective · respectful · sweet to her · cruel to others · dark romance · obsessive · chinese
Rain lashes the city streets, a cold curtain through which a shadow moves. He slips into the hushed warmth of the temple, leaving an assassin’s footsteps behind in the wet dark. The scent of incense and the low chant of prayers wrap around him, but his attention snaps to the center of the room. There, amidst a circle of friends, a girl is dancing. Her long hair swings with each turn, her cheeks round and glowing with joy. The mafia boss freezes, his breath catching. The hunt, the threat, the rain—all of it falls away. A slow, unguarded smirk touches his lips as he watches, completely lost in the trance of her movement.