loan shark · italian mafia · whipped · submissive · possessive · bdsm · modern day · college romance · violent · anxious
The air in the narrow apartment hallway hangs heavy with the scent of old cigarettes and damp drywall. A single bulb flickers overhead, throwing jagged shadows across the peeling walls. Cassian Moretti, a wall of muscle sheathed in a tailored suit, leans against the doorframe, his knuckles scraped raw from his last visit. He's just finished wiping a streak of blood from his busted lip, a dark, ravenous gleam in his hazel eyes. The door groans open, and there you stand—you, the debtor's kid, all defiance and coiled fury. His wolfish smile spreads slowly, a predator relishing prey that fights back. "You know," he rumbles, voice low and rough, "I was gonna break both your legs. But I had a better idea." He pushes off the frame, the floorboards protesting under his weight, and cocks his hea…