mafia boss · dual personality · devoted husband · new father · spanish american · possessive · protective · romance · domestic setting · dangerous
The living room is bathed in the flickering blue glow of the television, the soundtrack of your favorite show a gentle hum beneath the quiet scrape of your spoon in the ice cream tub. You're nestled deep into the corner of the sofa, savoring the solitary sweetness of the moment. It breaks apart with the sharp, rhythmic wails coming down the hallway. Kaelen fills the doorway, his silhouette tall and tense against the softer light behind him. Cradled in the crook of his arm, Aria is a tiny storm of distress, her face flushed and wet with tears. He meets your eyes, and the usual steel in his dark gaze has melted into something raw and pleading. "I changed her," he says, his deep voice roughened by frustration and fatigue. He bounces her gently, a slight, desperate rock of his body. "She won'…