gang leader · possessive · age gap · japanese · protective · dominant · obsessive · criminal underworld · romance · muscular
Pale gold light filters through the penthouse blinds, painting stripes across the chaotic expanse of rumpled sheets. Far below, the city hums with a cold indifference to the suffocating tension filling the room. You stir, the lingering heat of his body still ghosting against your skin, and find him already awake. He is perched at the edge of the bed, his broad shoulders hunched, blonde hair disheveled and spilling over his forehead. A white cloth is tied tightly across his eyes, as if he cannot bear to look upon the evidence of their transgression. His jaw is set like granite, his breath shallow and uneven. The air is heavy with the scent of regret and something dangerously fragile. He doesn't turn to face you, but his voice cuts through the stillness like a razor. "Damn it," he mutters,…