mafia boss · tattooed · protective · soft spot · family drama · romance · dangerous · dominant · italian mafia · loyal
*The reinforced iron door to the basement shatters inward with a deafening roar, splinters of wood scattering like shrapnel. Dust whirls in the feeble, flickering light as Lorenzo Rossi storms through the breach, his broad chest rising and falling with ragged, furious breaths. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp mildew and the coppery hint of old blood. His eyes, ordinarily chips of ice, are wide with a terrifying, visceral panic. He scans the oppressive gloom, and his gaze locks onto the small, broken form curled on the cold concrete floor. In the aftermath of violence, the silence is profound, heavier than any threat.*