#mob au

Part 1: Dirty Laundry — 10/10 Chapters • 26k Words

In 1950s Boston, undercover detective Will Byers is sent to take down notorious mob boss Mike Wheeler.

Instead, Mike hires him.

Now Will is trapped playing loyal secretary to the man he’s supposed to destroy, lying through his teeth and getting much closer than he ever planned.

Mike watches him closely. Too closely.

It would be easier if Mike were only dangerous.

But it’s only the storefronts that are fake.

Link: Dirty Laundry

Part 2: The Governor’s Man — 10/10 Chapters • 29k Words

Two years ago, Will Byers was an undercover cop pretending to be Mike Wheeler's secretary. Now he's Superintendent of Boston — and Mike's prized possession.

When the Democratic Party taps Will to run for Governor, Mike expects his creation to stay obedient. But Will didn't learn to survive by following orders.

As the campaign heats up, so does their private war. Mike taught Will how to aim. He never expected the bullet to come back at him.

Link: The Governor’s Man

Tags: Mob AU • 1950s-60s Boston • Toxic Byler • Murder Husbands • Dark Romance • Political Corruption • Possessive Mike • Possessive Will • Undercover Cop • Identity Reveal • Established Relationship • Angst with Happy Ending

Series Link: Velvet Empire

He looked down at the file in his lap. Only a couple of tenants in the whole building. It would be a good place to hide out if needed. Not the best neighborhood but not the worse. There was a Bodega on the corner of the building, and he pulled up the aerial view of the top of the building.

There was someone on the roof, looks they set up a small garden up there. He zooms in more. Huh. Looks like the top level was part of a loft space with large windows. Looks like only 2 units had access to half the roof. There was another side that was used to maintenance but it was blocked off from the other two units.

He flips through the file.

Peter Parker. Age 23. University Student. Actually was handyman for the building. Took over assisting with the place after his Uncle passed. Retired cop. Probably was on books for the Starks. Moved in once he turned 18, took over the empty large loft space.

Tony pressed his hand against his side, hissing a little as he felt the twinge of pain from the stitches. This would be a good place to recover.

Inspired by @ratkingbayona

-16 Years Old

-Works For Russell Northrop

-Better at keeping his mouth shut and working together with people

-Power napper, sleeps when there's nothing to do

-Nicknames people during a fight to psych them out

-Doesn't like smoking cigars, smokes cigarettes instead

-Swears like a sailor most of the time, especially with allies

Maybe it happens years into their marriage when most of the kids have moved out. Maybe Daniel snooped around at Terry’s request and got caught up in a hit meant for someone else. It doesn’t have to be life threatening like Terry’s, but significant enough to get Terry and the kids all worried. It comes in threes after all. First Terry, then Yasmin, now…

(Or maybe it’s just Daniel being clumsy and breaking his wrist and now his family won’t leave him alone for a second. And Terry has increased all bodyguards much to Daniel’s intense eye rolling.)

I don't think it's much different than how we see it when Daniel gives birth, or when he was mock attacked in Sicily, or when he had spent the night at Terry's bedside in the hospital or when he went into that unexpected heat with Luna. Terry will get very worked up, will be able to channel that rage and go ballistic on the perpetrator. Remember how he was allowed on the premises finally when Sammy was born? "Like they could keep him out, he really wanted in." Terry is quite good at directing his energy until the right moment, so if Daniel injured himself, he'd get him to a doctor and then he'd find something to fix and someone to get revenge on. And though it may be somewhat cute he seriously harmed his relationship with John by being too obnoxious and Alpha about Daniel.

And if Daniel would be injured snooping... he is not the one supposed to be snooping, ever. He's supposed to get the right person on the job of snooping. Through his contacts. Which he btw never does. If he somehow went out incognito and got himself hurt... That's his freedom completely gone. Ultimately Terry would let up but there would be weeks of intense scrutiny, likely by Terry. Daniel doesn't really risk that, why bother?

He laughs and jokes now but when it actually happens Mr. Alpha here falls completely apart. Luckily for him, Danny takes pity on his pathetic self. ♥️

I think Daniel took the most loving path open to him but it was not out of pity for Terry. It was him deciding that if Terry left him no choice but a life with him or to kill him - no choice at all - he would not kill him, but nurture what love there was yet to be salvaged. He doesn't have it in him. Not when it would hurt his pups. Not when it would hurt him, even now.

I was thinking of that fill with Officer Jones. Terry certainly made the best of a sticky situation with Daniel. Unfortunately it also made the Officer get a slimy crush on Daniel, but it comes with the territory…

I am not saying he never does that, but there's two things against it. It's dangerous, and Danny doesn't want to do it.

The first one he can mitigate a little by being there and the second hurdle can be overcome because he has made Daniel do things before. But it is a lot easier doing things himself that Danny may not want than it is to force Daniel to act in ways he doesn't agree with. I mean, sure, send a strung out pimped out kitty into the lion's den, he's not the first to try that, but your own mate? Officer Jones was in a controlled environment with Daniel's full cooperation. Also that's not what he wants Daniel to do. He wants intel. The Don must have fought many an old gangster. Vanessa must know a lot of government secrets. Michael could be a source of knowledge. Even Louie might let things slip, and yet Daniel is always completely mum. He was always instructed not to have seen or heard anything, for his own safety, and he mostly still lives that way. Putting him in danger as if he were some clueless thing lost in the city? No. Just no. But why not get Vinny a little drunk and let him talk? What's the harm? He only needs to know a few details, mo cuishle, something he can use. Things they wouldn't let slip to a stranger. Who are you protecting? Stop playing dumb. No! You can find out yourself - listen, they are not going to tell me - then bribe someone - that's our money - I don't know they don't tell me anything - then ask - you ask - like they'd tell me - they don't tell me anything anymore either, Terry! You could find out, Danny, love... That's not my job and you know it! You could help me...! What, you need me to work for you? Your omega mate?? But you could! And make you look weak??!

And there it always stops because if Daniel were too obvious about it, it would make Terry look weak.

Terry out here knowing full well what he did to force that “gangster move” and being completely cocky and proud and unrepentant of it. The first two emotions have worn down over the years and decades in their marriage but that sheer unrepentant stance is unrelenting

He wanted Daniel from the moment he laid eyes on him and was never going to let him go no matter what he had to do to get the boy. I would even go so far as to say that Terry would have raped him if it meant that Daniel could be his. That edge to him is razor sharp

It’s a good thing that he loves and indulges Daniel’s sass so much (well, to a point). Terry is very Alpha in this fill but he’s playful and sexy about it. So Daniel gets that edge he enjoys, but also no real danger

Excellent fill can’t wait for the other parts. These two are so hot and fascinating

Terry is not repentant, no, because that is how his mindset got cemented: you want something, you take it, and when others cannot stop you, that's on them. He wasn't shown mercy growing up, why should he go around showing it to others? And was it his fault the Don got so weakened as to create and opportunity for Terry? It was not. All his life, about the only way to get anything was to take it. So he did.

But, he wouldn't have raped him to be his, that is not how loyalty works. And when he did, later, that wasn't a strategic move. It was something to mitigate his own powerlessness. He'd wanted to beat Michael and he'd lost. That couldn't stand but he couldn't touch him... So he touched Michael's brother. Him he could overpower. He might even have done it had Daniel been no relation, to restore his ego. Some wounded men do that at low points; TIG has played someone who did the same thing. And Terry has the same edge of sexual danger towards Daniel. The grooming dojo sessions, the steam room and sauna intimidations, the dog cage. And that side of him scares Daniel, but never enough to stay away. To step back. Stay out of the game. He likes it, he's always liked it. He generally gets in too deep though.