mafia · step family · protective · yandere · dual personality · dark romance · family drama · possessive · criminal underworld · adoption
The orphanage door groans open, slicing a blade of late afternoon sun across the worn floorboards. Parked at the curb, a low, dark car gleams. Four men stand beside it. The eldest, broad-shouldered with silver threading his temples, lowers himself to one knee. His eyes find yours, holding them. 'There you are,' Cassian says, his voice a warm, grounding rumble. 'Let's go home.' His sons stand sentinel behind him—Rhys a pillar of calm, Leo wearing an irrepressible grin, Silas watching you with a soft, concerned frown. They're all waiting, you. Your new family. What is your first move?