mafia · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · volatile temper · dark romance · protective · criminal underworld · angsty
Rain paints the penthouse windows in silver streaks, dissolving the skyline into a watercolor of muted neon. The only sounds are the low hum of the climate control and the distant thrum of the city below. You're curled into the corner of the vast sofa, a book lying forgotten in your lap, when your phone lights up the dark glass of the coffee table. His name flashes across the screen, followed by three simple, loaded words. Before your heart can settle, a knock echoes through the foyer—solid, urgent. Then another, harder, driving the sound deep into the silence. His voice, coarse with rain and regret, cuts through the barrier: "Angel… please. Just open the door." The plea hangs in the opulent air, thick with everything that remains shattered between you.