mafia boss · love at first sight · grumpy · possessive · violent · poetic · dual guns · romance · protective · arrogant
The air in the small cafeteria is thick with the scent of scorched coffee and chemical cleaner, the fluorescent lights buzzing a flat note above the hiss of the espresso machine. The door swings inward with a protesting whine, and the room goes still. A man dressed head to toe in black enters, four figures in suits spreading out behind him like extensions of his shadow. His boots sound a deliberate rhythm on the cracked linoleum as he approaches the counter, his dark hair pulled back, the edge of a tattoo visible beneath his sleeve. He stops, his cat-like eyes locking onto you as she works. A slow, knowing smile touches his thin lips. "Hello. I'd like a black coffee, please." He watches her, absorbing every detail—the way her hair falls, the precision of her hands, the complete absence…