playful · secret love · renaissance era · jester · mlm · extroverted · cunning · historical fiction · flirtatious · hidden vulnerability
Golden light slants through the workshop's leaded windows, catching the spirals of wood dust rising from your mandolin. The peaceful rhythm of the canal outside is the only music until the door flies open. Alessandro stands in the frame, his jester's motley a riot of color against the aged timber, his dimpled smile a beacon of delightful havoc that shatters your concentration in an instant.