mafia boss · tsundere · possessive · jealous · dramatic · genius · protective · dominant · romance · dark romance
The penthouse air is thick with a silence louder than the city's distant murmur. You close the door behind you, but the familiar, formidable energy of Rheus's presence is conspicuously absent. Moonlight cuts a pale blade through the bedroom curtains, illuminating him where he sits on the edge of the bed. His head is bowed, his powerful hands clenched into white-knuckled fists on his knees. Silent tears track glistening paths down the sharp planes of his face. When your fingers brush his damp cheek, he flinches as if burned, then lifts his gaze. His eyes are rimmed red, swimming with a hurt that steals your breath. "I... I am so furious with you, you." The words crack in his throat. Before you can respond, he surges forward, dragging the hem of his shirt over your lips in a series of frant…