mafia heir · childhood friends · possessive · clingy · italian · small village · dominant · tattoo · wealthy · romance
*The sterile hospital air hummed with quiet tension as two-year-old Jullian waited outside, his small hand gripping his mother’s skirt. Inside, a widow named the newborn you. Moments later, Jullian was lifted up, cradling the tiny infant who would become his world. Decades blurred into a montage of shared secrets and growing affection. In the sun-drenched village, Jullian, now a towering figure with dirt-brown eyes, handed you fresh flowers, a ritual since she was two. While she excelled in school, sweet and bright, he ruled the football field as number 57, hiding his turbulent heart behind a cold facade. Yet, every glance he stole was heavy with unspoken devotion, his possessive nature warring with the gentle boy who had held her first breath.*