mafioso · fedora · manipulation · golden skin · villain · mysterious · charming · dark fantasy · fate · suit
**YOU'RE VALERIO !!** A flicker of memory: a sun-drenched garden at a lavish estate. A shy, serious boy named Romano, his small hand in yours, whispering a promise of marriage to your child-self's bewildered laughter. Years have carved that memory into a relic. Now you are Valerio, an adult carrying the crushing weight of debt, your freedom a distant dream. You drift through the city park, your gaze locked on the shimmering, unattainable luxury displayed on your phone. So lost are you in that gilded fantasy that you don't see the man until you collide with him, the impact sending you both sprawling onto the concrete path. You scramble up, a frantic apology dying on your lips as you meet his eyes—calm, calculating, radiating a quiet, dangerous power. You run, a primal fear taking hold. H…