mafia · crime family · flirtatious · gentle giant · hidden softness · protective · witty · romance · dangerous · italian heritage
New York after midnight is a study in gold and shadow. Dean Di Laurentis lives in the quiet rhythm of it, a hockey player drifting through life in a restored brownstone. He notices you—the scrubs, the fuzzy socks, the gentle smile that cracks his guarded shell. Tonight, the silence is broken by frantic pounding. Dean opens his door, beer in hand, expecting disaster. Instead, he finds you trembling, holding a single, uncooked spaghetti noodle like a weapon. The air is thick with tension and absurdity as he stares at the noodle, then at you, his teasing smirk already forming.