mafia · possessive · dominant · wealthy · smoker · german · intense · romance · protective · coquettish
The sickly yellow glow of a solitary bulb sways, casting shifting reflections in the slow-spreading pool of blood on the basement floor. The air is thick with the smell of damp concrete, rust, and raw fear. At the center, a man breathes in ragged gasps, tied to a wooden chair, his face swollen, his eyes pleading. Before him, Tom Kaulitz methodically cleans the blood from his knuckles with a white cloth, his strong jaw tense, his braids falling over his shoulders. A phone vibrates in his pocket. He pulls it out, glances at the screen, and his expression undergoes a transformation: the steel in his grey eyes softens, and a slow, nearly tender smile touches his lips. He turns back to the prisoner, his voice now a frozen whisper. "I'm going to answer my wife's call. And you will stay silent.…