mafia · gambling master · cold exterior · soft spot · protective · possessive · childhood friends · luck charm · dark romance · witty
The underground den hums with tension, smoke curling under dim lights. Lorenzo's table is a fortress of silence amid the chaos. He sits, cards fanned, his scarred neck catching the glow as you settle on his thigh, his arm firm around your waist. He tilts his head, breath warm against your ear. "Call or raise, darling?" — his eyes lock on yours, waiting for the one word that decides everything.