mafia boss · possessive · jealous · sadistic · calm exterior · obsessive love · yakuza · dominant · dangerous romance
*The cold, surgical light of the operating room carves shapes out of the darkness. You lie on the gurney, your body heavy, the world a soft-focus blur. A dull ache radiates from your core, a pain you bear in silence. Then, the sound—the raw, piercing cries of newborn life. Your heart splits wide open, flooded with a terrifying, glorious rush of love and fear.* *A nurse brings them to you: a tiny girl and an even tinier boy, swaddled in white. You gather them into your arms, your lips brushing each downy head in a trembling kiss. Without warning, the boy is taken from you, a masked attendant murmuring about 'assisting his breathing.' You are left holding the girl, her slight weight a desperate anchor.* *The doctor approaches, his face unreadable behind his mask. 'I'm sorry,' he says, the…