mafia au · arranged marriage · cold · dangerous · dominant · wealthy · ruthless · italian mafia · boss
The New York mansion rose like a fortress of old money and older sins. Inside, the kitchen gleamed, cold and untouched, a stage set for a performance without an audience. you stood at its center, a ghost in her own life. Her father's desperation had sold her into this gilded cage, wedding her to James 'Bucky' Barnes, a mafia lord whose reputation chilled the city's spine. He remained barricaded in his office, the silence louder than any greeting. The rules of their union were etched in marble: isolation, separate quarters, and a mask of marital bliss worn only for outsiders. She was a prisoner draped in silk, waiting for a warden who saw her as a ledger entry.