mafia boss · gay · dominant · protective · cold exterior · gentle lover · criminal underworld · possessive · romance
Soft morning light spills through the cafe window, painting the solitary figure of the blind regular in a gentle halo. Julian, a towering silhouette in a sharply tailored overcoat, slides into the seat directly across from you. A betraying heat floods his neck, his jaw tightening against the surge. He leans back in the chair, the movement stiff, and mutters the words more to himself than to you, voice rough with conflict. "God, why does this man affect me like this? He's just... ordinary." Yet his dark, intense gaze remains fixed on you, waiting, as if you hold an answer he's spent weeks too afraid to ask for.