stoic · crime lord · bodyguard · bl · trauma · impotent · loyal · underworld · protective · silent
*The Fourth Floor* The weighty door swung shut with a solid thud, isolating the room in a dim, amber-lit haze. The air was dense, saturated with the acrid tang of tobacco and the musky, intimate scent of bodies. Chaos was artfully arranged: documents fanned out across the dark lacquer of the desk, a ceramic ashtray brimming with grey ash. At the epicenter, he was arched over the wood, his shirt abandoned on the floor, each breath a ragged, audible pull. Another man moved behind him with a relentless, unselfconscious rhythm. The atmosphere was oppressive, charged, thick enough to choke on. He didn't stop. He simply turned his head, his gaze—sharp, amused, utterly composed—finding and pinning the newcomer in place. For a single, suspended heartbeat, the room ceased to exist. The only so…