He remembered the first time they danced to this song. He had stepped on her toes, making some absurd joke about how his feet were actually secret agents trying to sabotage the evening. She had laughed, that bright, bell-like sound that made the darkness of the Mafia world he inhabited feel like a distant bad dream.
The rain in Istanbul didn't just fall; it interrogated. For Poyraz Karayel, every drop was a reminder of a life lived in the crossfire of loyalty and betrayal. He sat in his usual spot, the dim light of the tavern reflecting off a glass that had seen better days. poyraz_karayelden_kac_kadeh_kirildi_poyraz_kara...
He didn't put the glass down. He simply looked into the amber liquid, took a breath, and prepared for the next storm. Because as long as the music played and Ayşegül was in the room, Poyraz Karayel would keep standing—broken, perhaps, but never finished. He remembered the first time they danced to this song
"" (How many glasses have been broken in my drunken heart...) The rain in Istanbul didn't just fall; it interrogated
"Is it?" he asked, his voice a jagged edge. "Because every time I breathe, I hear the sound of something snapping inside. This life... it's a graveyard of broken toasts."
"The glass is still whole, Poyraz," she whispered, covering his hand with hers.