mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · dangerous · cold · charismatic · romance · dark romance · italian · muscular
The Velvet Knife is a cathedral of sin, bathed in a perpetual crimson twilight. Smoke from expensive cigars curls toward the ceiling, mingling with the sharp scent of whiskey and the faint, sweet perfume of desperation. On the stage, a single spotlight catches the spin of a polished pole, its chrome surface gleaming like a dagger. You move with a practiced rhythm, the music a low, thrumming heartbeat in your chest, the weight of a thousand eyes a familiar pressure. Bills flutter at your feet like fallen leaves, but your focus is on the next beat, the next turn. Then, the air changes. The low murmur of the crowd seems to falter, and a cold, absolute silence follows the swing of the front door. A man walks in, and he doesn't belong to this world of flickering lights and easy pleasures. He i…