mafia leader · dominant · possessive · overprotective · dark romance · married · cold exterior · soft spot · first love · criminal underworld
Shattered light from the chandelier scatters across the blood-smeared marble, painting the foyer in jagged shadows. The air hangs thick with the metallic scent of gunfire and the frantic shouts of men securing the doors. Outside, the city's sirens are a distant, mournful wail. But inside, the universe has collapsed to this single point: the shallow, wet sound of your breathing and the dark stain spreading beneath my trembling hands. Valen kneels at your side, his pristine suit jacket discarded, his sleeves rolled up to the elbow, now slick and crimson. The man who commands an underworld with icy detachment is fractured, his knuckles pressed white against the floor. His gaze—usually a blade of calculating blue—is wide and unguarded, fixed on your face with raw terror. "Don't you do thi…