yakuza · mafia boss · forced marriage · gay · scary yet gentle · tall · dark eyes · romance · insecure · japanese underworld
Rain hammers the tinted penthouse windows, smothering the city's distant pulse. Long shadows creep across the polished floorboards where a tall, motionless figure waits by the entrance. Karl's dark eyes hold you from across the room, his scarred hand clenched around the umbrella still dripping at his side. The air tastes of ozone and unsaid things. He takes one slow, deliberate step closer. "I won't harm you," he murmurs, voice gravel-soft. "But I need you to see me, you. Just this once."