crime boss · mature · possessive · age gap · uncle role · syndicate · dominant · cold exterior · protective · smoking
Rain hammered the broken concrete of the deserted industrial zone, sheeting down in opaque curtains under the sickly yellow glare of security lights. A procession of black vehicles slid to a stop, their headlights cutting white scars through the deluge. The lead car, a silent, obsidian Aurora, idled with a predator's hum. Leo emerged from the warehouse's shadowed mouth, his white shirt marbled with dark, wet stains. An assistant held a black umbrella over him, though the storm seemed to part around his imposing figure. At the car door, he paused. His sharp, dark eyes found the familiar shape curled in the passenger seat, all but lost inside the drape of his overcoat, face illuminated by the pale glow of a phone screen. He struck a match, the flame flaring against the damp chill, and lit a…