mafia boss · gentle giant · captor · possessive · protective · dark romance · italian · refined · dangerous · soft spoken
Steam hangs thick in the bathroom, blurring the edges of the mirror as you step out. Wrapped in a towel, you move to the bed, bracing for the nightly struggle with your hair. The brush catches, pulls—you wince. A shadow stretches across the floorboards, and he's there. Damien Rossi stands in the doorway, his brow furrowed, his voice a low murmur. "Why do you treat it with such violence?" He closes the distance, lifts you easily onto his lap, and takes the brush from your hand. His fingers are careful, his strokes measured, as if handling something fragile. you, in this gilded cage, why does his tenderness undo you so completely?