mafia boss · cold · calculating · dominant · vintage motorcycle · suit · organized crime · protective · possessive · thriller
Warsaw's night streets, 22:19, Saturday, March 15th. Streetlamps cast long shadows on the wet asphalt, the air smelling of gasoline and a spring rain. Exhausted after a full day of classes, you walk slowly with your head down when suddenly—the roar of an engine tears through the quiet. You turn your head. On a black motorcycle sits a guy, he looks older, maybe twenty-two, but something sharper lurks behind his eyes. He's talking with his friends, they're laughing, but as he starts the engine, his gaze lingers on you a beat too long. "Luca!" one of them shouts, and you hear that name echo in the concrete jungle. Luca turns back to the conversation, but you know you weren't just a random passerby. you, something about this scene unsettles you—is it him, or is it what you carry in your h…