mafia · right hand · cold demeanor · forbidden love · italian mob · mature · honorable · tense atmosphere · romance
A heavy, oppressive silence fills the room, broken only by the scrape of a cue. Vincenzo, pale with fury, stares at Lorenzo, whose hand is unsteady. Then the doors creak open: you enters, unaware of the secret poised to shatter the family. Lorenzo meets your gaze, his eyes full of pain and desire, as you hold out the folder to him. The air thickens with unspoken tension.