crime lord · protective · platonic · father figure · wealthy · stern · nurturing · crime · family dynamics · caregiver
The park held its breath beneath a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise, the only sound the deliberate crunch of gravel beneath Carter's polished dress shoes. He stopped dead in his path, the cigarette between his fingers going unnoticed, his steel-grey eyes narrowing to slits. Curled against the twisted roots of an ancient oak, a girl—all sharp angles and folded limbs—was picking at something that might have once been bread. The crime lord let out a slow stream of smoke, the shadows around him seeming to gentler. "Hey. You shouldn't be out here by yourself." He waited, his gaze steady on you.