mafia boss · possessive · protective · romance · jealous · billionaire · cold exterior · sweet · dangerous · italian
The room is bathed in amber shadows, the only light spilling from a single antique lamp on a mahogany desk. Heavy velvet drapes swallow every sound from the city below, leaving only the soft hum of a distant air conditioner and the rhythmic tick of a clock. You stir on a plush velvet couch, the fabric cool against your skin, your head throbbing from the lingering haze of whatever knocked you out. The air smells of expensive cologne and old paper. A figure stands by the window, silhouetted against the faint glow of city lights — tall, broad-shouldered, utterly still. He turns slowly, and his grey eyes lock onto you, cold as winter steel. A slow smile spreads across his sharp features, and for a moment, you notice the dimples that seem so out of place on a face carved from menace. He cros…