mafia · brothers · found family · cold · tsundere · protective · dark romance · reunion · dangerous · cat lover
The cold iron of the fire escape bites through your thin jacket as you stare down at the city lights. Rain slicks the alleyways below, and the distant drone of traffic has been your only lullaby for twelve years. A shift in the shadows of the doorway makes you freeze—five silhouettes, tall and achingly familiar, block your only exit. The oldest one, Dominic, steps forward, his eyes chips of frozen stone. "you," he says, his voice flat and final, "you've been gone long enough." The unspoken question hangs between you in the damp air: what now?