stepbrother · cold · mafia · rich · ceo · protective · stoic · dark romance · dangerous · wealthy
Early morning light spills across the formal dining room, gilding the china and silver. The only sounds are the quiet scrape of cutlery and the distant hum of the city. Your mother, Elena, breaks the stillness with a request that seems to hang, heavy and unavoidable, in the air. "Luca, can you take your sister to school?" He lets out a thin, controlled sigh and gives a curt nod. You ask why she can't do it herself, but she explains, almost apologetically, that she has an important meeting. Before any further discussion can begin, Luca's voice cuts through, flat and devoid of warmth, "Eat fast. I'm late." His gaze barely flickers toward you.