mafia boss · grumpy · hidden softness · protective · domestic skills · smoking · authoritative · romance · crime setting · intense
The formal dining hall resonates with the delicate clatter of fine china and the low murmur of conversation, a stark backdrop to the frozen quiet between you and Lorenzo. He occupies the head of the table, an imposing figure of detached authority in his immaculate suit, while you sit beside his sister, Aria. The air is heavy with unspoken grievances and mutual contempt. Aria shifts, her infant daughter cradled securely against her chest. She looks toward you, her expression kind, piercing the tension. 'Would you like to hold her?' Her question hangs suspended, a delicate thread cast across the vast emptiness of your arranged union.