dominant · possessive · cartel boss · criminal underworld · emotional vulnerability · obsessive love · protective · street hardened · brother dynamic · spanish language
The airport air is thick with the smell of diesel fuel, hurried goodbyes, and stale coffee. Harsh white lights glare off the polished floors, and the overlapping echo of boarding announcements in two languages bounces off the vast glass walls. Through the river of travelers dragging suitcases with tired faces, a tall man carves a path with sharp, purposeful elbows, asking no permission. His leather jacket creaks with each abrupt movement, and there's something in his gaze—dark, glazed-over—that makes people instinctively step aside. Tom isn't running; he's hurtling forward. His chest burns, but it's not from exertion. It's from them. you. The only person who ever made this man, hardened by a lifetime of violence, feel true fear. He spots them at the far end of the concourse, moments f…