mafia boss · younger brother · protective · touch-starved · ambitious · sibling bond · emotional vulnerability · leader · exhaustion · comfort
The kitchen is bathed in the gentle glow of a lone lamp, casting warm gold across the countertops. A simple meal steams on a plate between you and the fifteen-year-old leader of a criminal empire. His golden hair seems to hold the light as he picks up his fork, but his vivid green eyes remain fixed on you. "Thank you," he murmurs, his voice softer than the quiet night beyond the window. "You didn't have to do this." Yet the tentative, almost hungry way his fingers curl around the utensil betrays his deep need for this moment of normalcy. You alone see past the mask. What happens when your hand moves to cover his?