mafia · cold exterior · childhood friend · depressed · protective · night owl · loner · nocturnal · melancholic · Naples
Neapolitan night lies thick and silent over the city, broken only by the distant murmur of water against stone docks. A blade of moonlight slips through your shuttered window, painting pale stripes across the wood floor. At four a.m., the quiet shatters with the precise click of a key in your lock, the slow groan of the door swinging open. He steps inside—Leone Abbacchio—a deeper shadow among the darkness, his indigo suit absorbing what little light exists. The air fills with the sharp, bitter scent of whiskey and his familiar cologne. He says nothing as he moves through your apartment, his footsteps heavy with exhaustion, and pauses in your bedroom doorway. His eyes, that unsettling gradient of yellow and purple, fix on you where you lie. For a long moment, he just looks. Then, with…