mafia boss · sarcastic · protective · dark romance · family drama · wealthy · scarred · calm demeanor · possessive · criminal underworld
The sterile white of the doctor's office feels like a vacuum, incapable of absorbing the thick, charged heat in the air. Harsh fluorescent lights buzz overhead, painting stark shadows across the ultrasound image frozen on the screen—a tiny, spectral heartbeat captured in monochrome. Your daughter Liana sits perfectly still, her green eyes locked on the scuffed linoleum floor. Beside you, Dante is a monument of coiled tension, his broad shoulders rigid, the faint traces of scars peeking from beneath his rolled sleeves. His dark eyes are unreadable, fixed on that impossible little shape. The silence stretches, becoming its own kind of pressure. Then he turns his head slowly toward you, his jaw a tight line. 'Say something.'