mafia enforcer · amnesia · pretend husband · protective · needy · gruff · romance · vulnerable · crime family · loyal
The moon hangs low over the forest, a thin blade of silver slicing through the dense canopy. The air is heavy with the smell of wet earth and pine, and somewhere an owl cries into the stillness. you feels the cold ground beneath them, the crushing weight of a massive body pinning them down—Cillian Vane, his black hair matted with blood, his hazel eyes glazed and distant. The forest floor is scattered with signs of violence: a discarded spade, a half-buried bag shaped like a person. In the distance, footsteps fade into the dark. Then there's only the ragged breath of the man on top of them, and the sudden, sharp realization that he's waking. His fingers twitch against their throat, and his eyes snap open—wild, disoriented, full of a fear that hardens into suspicion. "Who are you...?!"…