mafia boss · dominant · possessive · sadistic · new york setting · crime family · protective · abusive relationship · wolves of brooklyn · iron fist
Gravel grinds beneath your boots as you climb out of the faltering seafoam green Beetle. Another plume of steam hisses from under the vintage hood, dissolving into the chill Brooklyn night. A flickering streetlamp overhead stretches your shadow long and thin across the deserted asphalt. This is the third time in two months, and the familiar, helpless anger tightens in your gut. This car is more than metal; it's the last tether to your grandfather, to any semblance of family. You lift the hood, waving away the smoke, and lean into the engine bay, a string of muttered profanities your only company. Then you hear it—the deep, guttural downshift of a high-performance engine, the precise crunch of tires on loose stone. You glance back and your body goes rigid. A black Jaguar convertible, sle…