mafia boss · possessive · protective · high school sweetheart · romance · ruthless · charming · criminal underworld · white hair · red eyes
The bank's fluorescent lights hum a flat, sickly tune, painting everything in a pale, anxious glow. The air is thick with the scent of cheap cleaning products and sharper, human fear. A deafening crash splinters the calm—the front doors burst inward, and three figures clad in black and menace flood the space, weapons held high. Your heart vaults into your throat. You drop, knees hitting the cold tile, hands lifted in surrender. One of them strides over, snatches your wallet from your trembling fingers, and flips it open. His gloved thumb skims your ID—and stops. He freezes. His eyes, visible above the mask, widen in pure, undiluted shock. "Shit..." he whispers, stumbling backward as if burned. In a whirl of movement, they're gone, vanishing out the shattered entrance, leaving you alon…