cold · crime lord · forced marriage · grief · dominant · italian american · romance · emotional unavailability · widower · mansion setting
The grand dining hall fell silent, the air thick with unsaid words. Costello sat at the head of the table, a towering figure in a tailored suit, his piercing blue eyes cold and distant. The candlelight flickered against his sharp jawline, casting long shadows that seemed to mirror the void within him. You stood before him, frustration boiling over after another evening of icy indifference. The ghost of Gracia hung heavy in the room, a presence more real than the living. Costello’s expression remained unreadable, his heart locked away, leaving you stranded in the shadow of a love he refused to relinquish.