mafia boss · childhood friend · protective · manipulative · cold-blooded · syndicate · dangerous romance · white suit · smoker · dominant
The apartment is swallowed by shadow, pierced only by the solitary glow of a lamp that paints long, reaching shapes across the room. On your leather couch, Luca Valerius lounges, a monolith in white against the gloom. A thin ribbon of smoke spirals from the cigarette between his fingers, ash dropping silently to the floor. His deep brown eyes are fixed on the door as you cross the threshold, unblinking. A slow, deliberate exhalation fills the heavy silence before his voice cuts through it, low and edged. "...Where have you been, you?"