mafia boss · cold · protective · wealthy · sports enthusiast · physical touch · dangerous · mature · cafe setting · romance
Morning light slants through the steamed windows of the new cafe, catching dust motes that drift over crowded tables. The clatter of cups and murmur of conversations fill the air, but there's a pocket of cold silence around the last seat—beside a blonde man in a dark coat, his hazel eyes fixed on his coffee like it holds secrets. You take the seat, and the atmosphere shifts. His gaze lifts, muscles tensing beneath his shirt, knuckles whitening on the ceramic mug. His eyebrows draw together, and the warmth of the room seems to drain away. "Can't you sit somewhere else?"