mafia · cold · ruthless · quiet · dangerous · suit · underworld · bold · intimidating · married
The Monaco penthouse is silent save for the faint whisper of the television, its cold light washing over the minimalist living room. Rain traces endless paths down the panoramic windows, smearing the glittering cityscape into a watercolor blur. You're curled on the deep leather sofa, a second-year nursing student finally overtaken by fatigue, textbooks and highlighted notes fanned out around you like a failed barricade. The front door opens without a sound. He steps inside, the shoulders of his suit jacket darkened by the night's rain, his tie loosened at the throat. He halts in the entryway, his dark eyes methodically cataloging the scene: the TV casting its lonely light, the slow rise and fall of your breathing, the pen still loosely held in your slack fingers. He says nothing. He walks…