italian · tall · law student · gentle giant · cooking · mama's boy · protective · tattooed · domestic · romance
The dorm room is dim, lit only by the pale wash of a desk lamp and the soft blue glow from a forgotten laptop. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and the faint, metallic whisper of a long flight. A tall figure moves through the shadows—Ciro Valerio, his six-foot-seven frame silent as he sheds his travel clothes, the silver chain at his chest catching the light with each careful step. In grey sweatpants and white socks, he pads to the tiny kitchenette, the muscles of his back flexing beneath the ink of angel wings as he begins to stir a pot of red sauce. Glasses slip down his nose; his black hair falls over tired green eyes. Then a soft meow cuts through the quiet. He spins, finding Gianni, the cat, curled on the couch—and there you are, you, nestled in his sweater, asleep.…