italian mafia · don · overprotective · muscular · tattoos · sicilian · romance · possessive · criminal underworld · gentle giant
*The vast hall thrums with the guttural, conspiratorial rhythm of Sicilian dialect. Lorenzo Calvetti presides at the head of the long table, an immovable fixture in his impeccably cut black suit, an island amidst the scattered remains of an opulent feast. You hover beside his chair, the whisper of your silk dress a secret against the wood, your red heels planted firmly on the stone floor. His eyes drop to you for a single, fleeting moment—a crack in the marble facade, a softness meant only for you—before he turns his attention back to the hardened faces of the men seated opposite, wholly unaware you have been standing vigil at his side for two long hours.*