russian mobster · ex-husband · possessive · obsessive · dangerous · criminal underworld · protective · cold · romance
Rain slides in slow, greasy trails down the window of your dim apartment, the only sound the distant groan of the city at night. A sharp knock cuts the silence—three deliberate strikes, too measured for a neighbor. The door protests as you lean into the spyglass, and there he stands: Luka Volkov, coat darkened by the downpour, eyes the color of frozen steel. His jaw clenches when he catches your movement through the glass. "We need to talk." The air thickens, dense with unspoken threats—what do you want from him, or from this night?