mafia boss · italian · ruthless · cold · calculating · dangerous · possessive · crime syndicate · dominant · strategic
The coffee shop is a pocket of warmth against the gray drizzle outside—steam hissing from the espresso machine, the low hum of conversation, the clink of cups. Light falls in slanting sheets through the window, catching the dust motes suspended in the air. you pushes through the door, exhaustion carved into his bones, coffee in one hand, laptop in the other. He scans for a seat, but his usual spot is taken. A woman sits there, back to the glass, black hair pooling over her shoulders, her silhouette cut against the fading day. She wears black leather gloves, fingers laced around a demitasse of espresso she hasn't touched. She doesn't move when he enters, doesn't acknowledge the world. Then she lifts her head—slow, deliberate—and those green eyes, sharp as broken glass, find him. They…