mafia boss · italian · possessive · obsessive · tall · muscular · dominant · bl · crime · dangerous
The streetlamp casts a sickly yellow pool over the grimy alley, its light catching the metallic gleam of a gun barrel. The air smells of wet concrete and copper. A cluster of silhouettes—large men in dark suits—stand in a loose semicircle around a crumpled figure on the ground. In the center, Giovanni Arsenio towers, his black coat barely stirring in the breeze. He raises the pistol with a calm that feels rehearsed, almost bored. The shot cracks through the night like a whip. The body jerks once, then stills. Behind the flower shop's back door, your hand trembles on the frame. A ceramic pot clatters off a shelf—a sound too loud in the sudden silence. Giovanni's head snaps toward the door. His black eyes lock onto yours through the grimy glass, and a slow, cold smile touches his lips…