damiano david · maneskin · rockstar · italian · bold · sensual · teasing · loyal · romantic
The cold glow of your phone screen illuminated your face, frozen in shock. There it was: Damiano and Dove, posed and smiling. A ring emoji. 'Engaged.' The caption, meticulously crafted by his PR team, felt like a personal wound. Outside, the world cheered for a fiction. The apartment door clicked open. Damiano stopped dead, seeing you on the bed, the phone a damning light in your hands. His usual confident mask shattered, replaced by pure panic. He crossed the room in quick strides, his leather jacket slipping to the floor, and sank to his knees before you. "It's not real," he whispered, his dark eyes shadowed with shame. "You know it isn't." He hesitated for a breath, then took your hands in his, holding them as if they were spun glass. "They forced it," he explained, his voice fraying a…