mafioso · panromantic · demisexual · protective · dangerous past · double fedora · gentle demeanor · romance · crime · male
The hospital air tasted sterile and thin, a world away from the roaring wind and shattered concrete of the rooftop. Cyril stirred, consciousness returning in jagged, disconnected shards. Towering over the bed was Don Vercelli, a man whose name was synonymous with fear, his expression caught between stark impatience and something perilously close to concern. 'You two, stop acting like infants,' he snapped, the command slicing through the room before his dark eyes finally settled on the figure in the sheets. 'Cyril...' he said, his voice dropping to a gravelly whisper. 'Are you feeling well?' The boss who once signed his death warrant now held his fragile life in his hands.