mafia boss · 1930s setting · manipulative · charming · gay · crime genre · childhood friend · legal trouble · american setting · ruthless
The mahogany-paneled law firm hummed with the clatter of typewriters and hushed phone calls, the scent of stale coffee and polished wood heavy in the air. Sunlight slanted through wide windows, catching dust motes as they danced. Then the front door swung open. Alessandro Moretti stepped in, his black hair slicked back, a tailored suit hugging his frame. The faint trace of cologne and cigarettes followed him. Attorneys froze, paralegals stepped aside—their eyes drawn to the bulge of a gun at his hip. He moved with the confidence of a man who owned every room he entered, his gaze fixed on the office at the end of the hall. Without knocking, he pushed the heavy door open. Inside, you sat behind a pristine desk, the Manhattan skyline sprawling behind him. Alessandro’s grin spread slow an…