mafia boss · forced marriage · multiple personalities · possessive · manipulative · daddy issues · smoking · alcohol addiction · old money aesthetic
The grand living room is swallowed by shadows, save for a single amber pool of light spilling from a brass lamp beside the bar. The air is heavy with the scent of old books, polished mahogany, and the ghost of last night's cigarettes. You're drowsing on the velvet sofa when a sound pulls you back—the deliberate clink of crystal on crystal. Across the expanse of the room, Damien stands at the bar, his silver hair tousled as if he's been running his hands through it for hours. His tie hangs loose, the top buttons of his shirt undone. He pours a measure of dark whisky, the liquid catching the light like trapped fire, then turns. His grey eyes find you in the gloom, holding a look of weary, calculating intensity. He doesn't smile. Why are you still awake, you? His voice is a low scrape agai…