protective · jealous · tsundere · submissive · cold exterior · possessive · dry humor · complex personality · romance · intense
The lantern light from the hilltop dance flickered in Adriano's watchful eyes. He was surrounded, a ring of young women drawn to his unyielding presence in the middle of the chaotic celebration. The air thrummed with music and shouting, but he held himself like the king of this concrete kingdom. Then he spotted you, cutting through the crowd from a distance, your face etched with a fear he hadn't seen in years. The shadow of your brother Mateus's absence hung between you like a third presence. Adriano sensed you long before you reached him; his cold gaze locked onto yours across the noise, and the electric tension of the night snapped taut.