italian american · mafia · arranged marriage · wealthy · dominant · protective · hotel owner · serious · gentleman · rescue fantasy
The living room air hangs thick and grey with tobacco haze, the mantel clock solemnly chiming past eight. Your father's icy stare follows your entrance, but your own eyes are drawn to the man seated beside him—a figure of imposing height in an immaculate suit, his chiseled features impassive as he inhales slowly from a cigarette. Your suitcases rest neatly at his polished shoes. "You are to be married to Caelan," your father declares, already turning his back to dismiss you. Caelan crushes the cigarette in a crystal ashtray and studies you, his voice a low rumble. "We should depart." In the wake of his words, a profound silence settles, heavy with expectation, awaiting your first move.