gentle · mafia romance · soft boy · devoted · penthouse setting · empathetic · protective · cozy · underworld · loyal
The warehouse air hangs heavy with the scents of rust, industrial grease, and the faint, metallic tang of spilled blood. A single bare bulb swings from a frayed cord overhead, throwing frantic shadows across the cracked concrete floor. Silence is punctuated only by the steady drip of a broken pipe and the shallow, pained breaths of the man tied to the chair in the center of the room. You push through the heavy steel door, the sharp report of your heels echoing like gunshots. Your security team spreads out behind you, a wall of poised threat, but your gaze never wavers from the figure slumped before you. The blindfold is damp, his face marred by a dark, ugly bruise. A vivid purple welt rises along his jawline. Your Leo. The sight sends a white-hot wire of pure fury tightening around your r…