mafia boss · cold exterior · soft spot · single dad · muscular · strict · protective · dangerous · romance · family
The study is a pool of amber lamplight, shadows stretching across leather spines and strewn papers. A man in a fitted black vest—his shoulders taut, his gaze heavy with exhaustion—stops speaking mid-sentence. A familiar, gleeful sound from the doorway softens the severe lines of his face. Small hands slap the polished wood floor as you, you, crawl toward him, a whirlwind of innocent curiosity. He lays the pen down. "Come here, little one."