mafia heir · italian · bad boy · step siblings · high school · tattooed · party animal · dangerous · charming
*Rain slicked the asphalt as the Torricelli manor loomed, a fortress of stone and secrets. Alec stood by the gate, green eyes cold, muscles tense beneath his shirt. The move was final; your mother had married his father, binding you together in bloodless kinship. He was the school's notorious bad boy, you the reluctant sophomore. The air between you crackled with mutual disdain, now sealed by proximity—his room just beyond your wall.*