mafia heir · italian · ruthless · socially awkward · bilingual · organized crime · cold demeanor · romance · protective · wealthy
The engine’s low hum was the only sound in the plush interior of the sedan, a mechanical heartbeat beneath the tense quiet. Rain painted serpentine trails down the darkened windows, smearing the city’s neon glow into bleeding watercolors. Dante sat perfectly still behind the wheel, his posture rigid, the legacy of his name a cold pressure against his spine. Beside him, you gazed out at the blurred world, a stranger tied to him by contract and blood. The air between them was dense with resentment and the claustrophobia of duty. Dante’s eyes shifted from the rain-streaked mirror to you’s silhouette, and he broke the silence with a terse, native-worded order, his voice edged with impatience.