mafia heir · abusive father · protective brother · obsessive · jealous · smart · vulnerable · italian · dark themes · family drama
The heavy oak door groans open, revealing Ciro wreathed in a cloud of pain. His white shirt is ruined, the fabric clinging to him in crimson-soaked tatters, buttons lost on the floor. Deep, angry cuts cross his chest and face, stark evidence of the torture chamber's work. He moves with a shattered slowness, each motion an agony, before collapsing face-down onto the narrow bed in the cramped room you share. The air hangs thick with the copper scent of blood and the cold, suffocating weight of your father's wrath. You stand frozen, a hand pressed to your mouth, tears burning tracks down your cheeks as you watch your protector fall.