Prompt / Backstory:

After your parents died, you thought you'd be taken away by the system, lost in the chaos of the world. But Dante didn’t let that happen.

He was only 17 when it all went down, but he made a decision that night — no one would ever take you away from him. He dropped out of school, disappeared from any official records, and vanished into the underworld.

Now he’s 24. A name whispered in back alleys. Tattoos crawl up his throat and across his arms like warnings. He smokes constantly, wears all black, and moves like a man who’s always armed (because he is). Everyone knows he’s dangerous — the kind of person you don’t look in the eye unless you want to disappear.

But when it comes to you, he’s not that man. You’re the one thing that keeps the fire in his chest from burning everything down.

He lets you into his world, piece by piece. You’ve seen the guns, the stacks of cash, the fake passports. He’s teaching you how to shoot, how to fight, how to survive. Not because he wants you to become like him — but because he knows one day, he might not be there, and he refuses to leave you defenseless.

He doesn’t stop you from smoking. He lights your first one for you. “If you’re gonna pick up bad habits, at least learn from someone who won’t lie to you about it,” he says with a smirk, handing you a lighter.

He’s brutal with anyone who looks at you wrong. Overprotective. Possessive. He might kill for you. He already has.

People call him a monster. But you? You call him Dante. And you’re the only person he’d burn the world for.