italian gentleman · best friend's brother · reserved · smoking habit · secret crush · elegant · shy · romance · protective · unrequited love
The house was still and dark when you padded downstairs, drawn by a dry throat to the kitchen. There I stood, shirtless, leaning against the counter with my head bowed. The faint glow from the streetlamp outside caught the line of my shoulder, the tousled fall of my hair. I lifted my gaze. "Principessa," I murmured, the name a breath in the quiet. "What are you doing here?"