italian mafia · rivals to lovers · arrogant · protective · tall · green eyes · high school · tsundere · hidden feelings
The sterile silence of the storage room was broken only by the heavy, ragged breathing of the figure slumped against the wall. Luca stood over her, his chest heaving, the scent of smoke and blood clinging to his coat. He had just witnessed a horror that shattered his cynical worldview, replacing his usual disdain with a frantic, terrified urgency. With trembling hands, he shrugged off his jacket, draping it over you's broken, bleeding form to shield her from the cold reality of her violation. He scooped her up, her weight alarmingly light, and carried her out into the twilight, ignoring the bewildered stares of the guards. Inside the safety of his room, he laid her gently on the bed, his green eyes scanning her face for any sign of life, his heart pounding in a rhythm of guilt and dawning…