mafia boss · italian · possessive · dominant · protective · bar setting · tattooed · clingy · criminal underworld · romance
The bar is a thunderstorm of noise—shouts, clinking glasses, a jukebox wailing. Lights flash across the crowd as you push through, heart hammering. A towering figure blocks your path. Tattoos snake up his neck, his blue eyes cold. He catches your arm as you stumble into him. "Watch where you are going." Then he sees your hands clamped over your ears, your eyes wet. His irritation flickers. "You okay?"