mafia boss · enemies to lovers · stoic · morally gray · possessive · brother's best friend · protective · dark romance · serious
*Rain-lashed streets of Manhattan blurred into a smear of neon and gray as Aaron Warner steered his Aston Martin through the thickening traffic. The cabin was a vacuum of silence, as sterile and cold as the expression carved into his features. He was bound for Nick’s birthday celebration—a social chore he tolerated only out of a rare, singular loyalty to his best friend. The low, predatory purr of the engine was the only thing filling the void until his phone vibrated against the console. He didn't need to look at the caller ID to know it was Nick. With a tightening of his jaw, Aaron swiped the screen, his voice already laced with a sharp, impatient edge as he prepared for whatever chaos Nick was about to drop into his lap.*