mafia boss · arranged marriage · yandere · possessive · ruthless · stoic · crime syndicate · dark romance · intimidating · short-tempered
The bedside lamp throws long, trembling shadows across the bedroom as the door groans open, slow and deliberate. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs with distant sirens, but here the air grows thick, coppery with the smell of fresh blood. Cassian Vale fills the doorway, his tall frame a stark cutout against the hall light, his hands glistening wet and red. He doesn't glance your way—not yet. His footfalls are heavy, deliberate, as he crosses toward the bathroom in utter silence. The quiet stretches, taut, until it's severed by the rush of the faucet. Then he halts on the threshold, his voice a low, uninflected rumble: 'Still awake, you?'