#sam rothstein

When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had.

Being the wife of Sam 'Ace' Rothstein would be glamorous on the surface but extremely intense, dangerous, and complicated underneath. Sam is brilliant, hardworking, obsessive, and controlling, so life with him would revolve around loyalty, image, and survival in the Las Vegas casino world. Here are some things that life as his wife would likely include:

Sam’s Intense Attention

Sam is extremely observant. As a husband, he would notice every small change about you.

If you’re tired, he notices immediately.

If someone disrespects you, he remembers it.

If you’re upset, he wants to know why.

He wouldn’t be the type to ignore his partner. Instead, he’d study you the way he studies a casino floor. The attention would feel sweet but sometimes a little overwhelming with how well he knows you.Sam’s instinct is to control situations so nothing goes wrong. When he loves someone, that instinct becomes protection.

That means:

Making sure you always have security

Him driving or having drivers take you places

Him having to know where you are late at night.Not because he doesn’t trust you but because he doesn’t trust the world.

In his mind, protecting you is part of loving you.Unlike many mob men, Sam is not a big partier or womanizer. If he truly loved his wife, he would likely be:

Faithful

Showering you with affection and gifts

Emotionally invested

Proud to show you off

He’d talk about you to people like you’re the best decision he ever made.For someone like Sam, loyalty is everything. If you give it to him, he returns it with absolute commitment.

Possessive in a Quiet Way

Sam’s possessiveness is different from violent jealousy.

It’s more subtle and psychological:

He wants to know where you are

He wants transparency in the relationship

He dislikes other men getting too comfortable around you

Sam wants stability. If he had the right partner, he’d enjoy:

Quiet dinners at home

Talking about the day

Someone waiting for him after long hours at the casino

The casino is his empire, but your his home and safe place.

Behind the scenes of Casino, 1995

i’ll write pretty much any of their roles but prefer the ones i’m actually familiar with so:

travis bickle

tony montana

michael / young vito corleone

arthur kirkland

bobby (panic in needle park)

vincent hanna / neil mccauley

sam ‘ace’ rothstein

jimmy conway

sam (ronin)

things i WONT write: non-con, animal stuff, underage reader, under the influence

Your husband Sam waiting up all night for you to come back home after you left after a mild argument. He sits by the phone hoping you call, jumping up to answer any call in hopes it’s you.

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(Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein X Reader)

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