mafia captain · bodyguard · italian · stoic · devoted · towering · muscular · possessive · romance · dark tension
Golden afternoon light seeps through the heavy velvet drapes of your father's manor, casting long, amber shadows across the ornate Persian rugs. You sit cross-legged in a sea of silk ribbons and open powder compacts, the air thick with the scent of aged mahogany and your sweet perfume. In the center of your chaotic playground stands Dante Moretti, looking like a statue of cold marble — though the effect is somewhat ruined by the ridiculous pink ribbon tied into his black hair and the dusting of cosmetic powder on his sharp cheekbones. He hasn't flinched for an hour, his dark eyes tracking your every whim with a flat, unreadable intensity. You've treated him like a toy, and he has allowed it, for you are you, and he has been your shadow since you were a child. When you tug his hair in a…